Your phone rings and Harry, your sales manager excitedly tells you about this great employee he hired today. He is a little older, but he passed the interview with flying colors and best yet . . He is fascinating and has great soft skills, just what we need around here. I have a gut feeling he is going to be the best sales person we ve ever hired. Because of the labor shortage, many businesses feel like they need to lower their standards and hire the first living body that walks through the door a bad strategy.
Job interviewing alone is unreliable in today s market.
Shortsighted decisions often lead to disastrous results. One reason interviewing by itself is unreliable is because most of today s job seekers are proficient at interviewing they already know what to say. Even the best interview doesn t give an accurate clue on their reliability and how they interact with their co-workers. . Furthermore, job resumes are often exaggerated and unreliable. A better approach in needed.