{"id":1387,"date":"2008-01-23T07:49:05","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/hiring-well-sounds-simple\/"},"modified":"2008-01-23T05:50:07","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T11:50:07","slug":"hiring-well-sounds-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/01\/hiring-well-sounds-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Well Sounds Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CNNMoney.com&#8217;s quick-hitter advice article titled <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2007\/03\/06\/magazines\/fsb\/employees_preventproblems.fsb\/index.htm\">7 ways to avoid employees from hell<\/a> offers some simple advice.\u00a0 How about this one:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Hire well<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even the lowest-level prospect &#8211; the kind who is typically hired quickly &#8211; should be thoroughly vetted by at least two interviewers. Check references.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Well, yes, &#8220;hiring well&#8221; is the key to strong employees.\u00a0 Eating well is also a key to losing weight&#8230;but that doesn&#8217;t make it easy to do.<\/p>\n<p>Two interviewers is a good start.\u00a0 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Main.html\">Objective assessments<\/a> are a better plan.\u00a0 Having a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Recruiting_Main.html\">structured hiring process<\/a> is the best plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNNMoney.com&#8217;s quick-hitter advice article titled 7 ways to avoid employees from hell offers some simple advice.\u00a0 How about this one: Hire well Even the lowest-level prospect &#8211; the kind who is typically hired quickly &#8211; should be thoroughly vetted by at least two interviewers. Check references. Well, yes, &#8220;hiring well&#8221; is the key to strong employees.\u00a0 Eating well is also a key to losing weight&#8230;but that doesn&#8217;t make it easy to do. Two interviewers is a good start.\u00a0 Objective assessments are a better plan.\u00a0 Having a structured hiring process is the best plan.<\/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":[2,16],"tags":[96,244,243,1748,1762,1761],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","tag-assessment","tag-candidate-assessment","tag-hire-well","tag-hiring","tag-hiring-salespeople","tag-sourcing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-mn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1129,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/hiring-via-gut-feeling\/","url_meta":{"origin":1387,"position":0},"title":"Hiring Via &quot;Gut Feeling&quot;","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"August 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"If ever you wondered why hiring is such a gamble, feast your eyes on these 4 paragraphs from Inc.com's Survey: Hiring Often Based on \"Gut Feeling\": Most small-business owners hire employees based on likeability, rather than qualifications, according to a recent survey. 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