{"id":1129,"date":"2007-08-14T12:11:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T17:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/hiring-via-gut-feeling\/"},"modified":"2007-08-14T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T17:11:07","slug":"hiring-via-gut-feeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/hiring-via-gut-feeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Via &quot;Gut Feeling&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If ever you wondered why hiring is such a gamble, feast your eyes on these 4 paragraphs from Inc.com&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/news\/briefs\/200708\/0813survey.html?partner=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Survey: Hiring Often Based on &#8220;Gut Feeling&#8221;:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Most small-business owners hire employees based on likeability, rather than qualifications, according to a recent survey.<\/p>\n<p>In a survey of 500 small businesses nationwide conducted by The Price Group, a Texas-based marketing firm, <strong>90 percent of owners said they decide whether or not to hire job applicants based on a gut feeling<\/strong>. Many reported having no formal hiring assessment process.  <\/p>\n<p>The reason is that most small employers find hiring assessments too costly, according to Bette Price, president of The Price Group. &#8220;Unfortunately, they fail to look at the high cost of making a hiring mistake,&#8221; Price said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p>In addition, 75 percent of employers surveyed said that didn&#8217;t offer formal training for new employees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That is the entirety of the news brief.&nbsp; My suggestion, always use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">an objective assessment<\/a> and follow a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Recruiting_Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">hiring process that limits gut-level decisions<\/a>.&nbsp; Once you hire them, have an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Developing_Salesperson.html\" target=\"_blank\">onramping program<\/a> to get the greatest return out of your investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If ever you wondered why hiring is such a gamble, feast your eyes on these 4 paragraphs from Inc.com&#8217;s Survey: Hiring Often Based on &#8220;Gut Feeling&#8221;: Most small-business owners hire employees based on likeability, rather than qualifications, according to a recent survey. In a survey of 500 small businesses nationwide conducted by The Price Group, a Texas-based marketing firm, 90 percent of owners said they decide whether or not to hire job applicants based on a gut feeling. Many reported having no formal hiring assessment process. The reason is that most small employers find hiring assessments too costly, according to Bette Price, president of The Price Group. &#8220;Unfortunately, they fail&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/hiring-via-gut-feeling\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assessing","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-id","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":497,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/twin-cities-hiring-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":0},"title":"Twin Cities&#8217; Hiring Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I never put much stock in these types of surveys, but the local Pioneer Press reports on the recent Manpower survey: Twin Cities employers expect to hire at a sluggish pace during the first quarter of 2007, a Manpower employment survey found. Of the companies interviewed about their hiring plans,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1467,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/03\/a-soft-hiring-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":1},"title":"A Soft Hiring Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 13, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Manpower's quarterly survey is often considered a bellwether of the upcoming labor market.\u00a0 The Wall Street Journal reports on this trend in Hiring Plans Soften Across Industries. The title sounds a dire alarm, but there\u00a0 is an interesting quote within the article: Jonas Prising, president of Manpower North America, characterized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":168,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/hiring-the-right-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":2},"title":"Hiring the Right People","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 13, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Quick-hitting article from Inc.com called Employers Fear Shortage of Workers. The takeaway paragraph: Employee productivity isn't the only concern for employers, according to the survey -- 41% of small-business owners cite hiring the right people with the right job skills as the number one employment issue they face, with retaining\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1355,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":3},"title":"Hiring Continues To Expand In 2008","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"No real surprises from this CNNMoney.com article (emphasis mine): Employers are trimming their hiring plans but still expect to add workers in 2008, according to a survey released Wednesday. Online job search site CareerBuilder.com said its survey of 3,016 hiring managers and human resource professionals in the private sector found\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1623,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/hiring-on-the-rebound\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":4},"title":"Hiring On The Rebound","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook from the Manpower survey looks far better than a year ago which is a good sign.\u00a0 Although there is weakness in areas, the hiring trend is still positive: \u201cWhile overall softness continues in the third quarter, employers are generally not reacting with large-scale payroll reductions,\u201d said Jeffrey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1176,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/hiring-outlook-still-strong\/","url_meta":{"origin":1129,"position":5},"title":"Hiring Outlook Still Strong","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook for the remainder of the year is being bandied about by the media, but the latest Manpower survey paints a fairly clear picture of a strong market: Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 27% expect to increase their workforces during the fourth quarter of 2007, while 9%\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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