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Employee Selection

Skills tell you what a candidate can do.  Experience tells you what a candidate has done.  Values tell you what a candidate wants to do.  Traits tell you what a candidate will do.   #employeeselection

Talent

It's easy to say you want talented people, and you do, but the way those people interact with each other is the real key.

Employee Interviewing

When interviewing job candidates, be specific about job outcomes since this will enable you to better evaluate each candidate's capacity to actually deliver these outcomes.

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Employee Selection vs Training

Don't try to teach a pig to fly.  Hire a bird!

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Interview Questions

Design your job interview questions and assessments to test how job candidates align with your organization's Core Values.  Then rate your candidates in terms of their perceived alignment with each Core Value.  

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#EmployeeSelection

When interviewing job candidates, be specific about job outcomes since this will enable you to better evaluate each candidate's capacity to actually deliver these outcomes. 

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Job Experience

A 2019 Florida State University review of 81-studies found that for entry-level jobs, job applicants with more job experience won't necessarily perform better or stay with you longer.  Rather, it's the quality or significance of the job experience that will have greater bearing on performance and retention. 

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Interviewing Method

Effective interviewing is not about "getting to know" the candidate; it's about leveraging techniques similar to investigative journalism.  In each interview, the goal is to uncover specific experiences and behaviors that match the mission and priorities of the organization.

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Job Interviewing

Assessing potential is more important than assessing performance in hiring decisions. 

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Potential vs. Performance

When looking to hire people, give their potential to grow more weight than their current skill level.  What they will be capable of tomorrow is more important than what they can do today.

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