Hiring: Hire more home runs; reduce strikeouts

No organization has a 100% success rate in hiring decisions. One way to improve the success rate in hiring decisions is to be aware of the most common problems.

Common hiring problems include: (1) Asking illegal and inappropriate questions resulting in legal action; (2) Asking closed-ended questions that don’t uncover problems; (3) Lack of a background check that fails to uncover critical information; (4) “Gut” or quick decisions because the candidate comes recommended by a trustworthy person or interviews well; and (5) Letting the fear of losing a candidate overtake the hiring process.

Related Best Practices

• Hiring and Interviewing
• Pre-Employment Background Checks
• Right person for the right job

Author

The author of this page is Terry Gardiner

Terry Gardiner is the founder and President of Silver Lining Seafoods and NorQuest Seafoods - a medium-size Alaska seafood processing company; and currently a Board member of the Anvil Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in oil and gas engineering.

His co-operative experiences include member director of the Commercial Fishermen Co-operative association; creation of legislation for the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank; and advisor to the US Dept of Health and Social Services for the state Health CO-OPs.

Terry served ten years as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives -several legislative committee chairmanships, Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Alaska Criminal Code Commission and board member on various state and federal boards and commissions.

His non-profit experiences include National Policy Director for the Small Business Majority in Washington DC; working with the Herndon Alliance and ForTerra.

Terry authored the leadership book, "Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations".

For more check: Terry Gardiner Long bio