Wrong Hires Can Lead to Dire Quagmires
Wrong Hires Can Lead to Dire Quagmires: “One Third of People Decisions Turn out Right” --- Peter Drucker The current situation is worse than it was in Peter Ducker’s time. ‘A bad apple spoils the barrel’ goes a saying. The implication is obvious - that most companies often select bad apples and then complain that lower morale and unsatisfactory financial results are due to other reasons. Though they blame the external environment, the bad apples are the real reason leading to such a quagmire. Recruiters do their best, but the faults lie in the methods, processes and tools that they use. The widely used series of interview methods are mainly responsible for bad apples getting in. Interviewers at all levels have biases and prejudices as well as pet theories and formulas. If you think this is an overgeneralization, think again in the light of this story with a moral. A priest with an immaculate dress, poise and demeanour was in a train compartment. Just before the train started