{"id":17,"date":"2006-05-10T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2006-05-10T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=17"},"modified":"2006-05-16T07:21:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-16T12:21:00","slug":"bad-hires-that-lead-to-a-bad-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/bad-hires-that-lead-to-a-bad-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Hires That Lead to a Bad Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerjournal.com\/columnists\/theorypractice\/20060503-theorypractice.html?mod=RSS_Career_Journal&#038;cjrss=frontpage\" target=\"_blank\">This article<\/a> from CareerJournal.com speaks to a common problem &#8211; good hires who are a bad fit for the position.  There are many variables within a minimally structured hiring process.  To simplify the equation, either the position was not clearly defined or, more likely, the employee&#8217;s skills, style and motivations were assumed or unknown during the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>From the article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Employers are well-schooled in how to eliminate jobs or fire poor performers. Yet they often don&#8217;t know what to do with people who are doing their work passably, or even better, but aren&#8217;t suited for the job, for reasons ranging from personal chemistry to mismatched skills.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>In that gray area, employers often fumble, either keeping people on because they don&#8217;t know what else to do, or seeking evidence of poor performance &#8212; even when that isn&#8217;t the real issue.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The real danger here is a subtle lowering of performance standards.  This approach leads to accepting mediocrity which can dilute a high performance culture.  The best solution is to use a reliable, repeatable hiring process that identifies the position&#8217;s needs and the candidate&#8217;s abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article from CareerJournal.com speaks to a common problem &#8211; good hires who are a bad fit for the position. There are many variables within a minimally structured hiring process. To simplify the equation, either the position was not clearly defined or, more likely, the employee&#8217;s skills, style and motivations were assumed or unknown during the hiring process. From the article: &#8220;Employers are well-schooled in how to eliminate jobs or fire poor performers. Yet they often don&#8217;t know what to do with people who are doing their work passably, or even better, but aren&#8217;t suited for the job, for reasons ranging from personal chemistry to mismatched skills. In that gray&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/bad-hires-that-lead-to-a-bad-fit\/\">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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1353,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/retention-starts-with-recruiting\/","url_meta":{"origin":17,"position":0},"title":"Retention Starts With Recruiting","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 27, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Herman Trend Alert offers up an excellent analysis of the most pressing topic of today - retention.\u00a0 I thought this statement was spot on: The Hodes 2007 Workplace Study holds that two factors are critical to retaining valued employees. 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