We made a bad hire

Words we've never heard from one of our clients about someone we've placed with them.

Have we made mistakes? Of course.

But we've never hired someone who wasn't a fit.

By that I mean didn't have the skillset or was a toxic hire.

Are we forensic psychologists? No.

Do things change with companies that change fit? Yes.

Do things change with workers that change fit? Yes.

But with the information we have at the time of a search - from both parties - we've never placed someone who wasn't a fit.

As I've mentioned before I've been doing this for 13 years: 5/31/2011 was my first day in this industry.

Since that time my interview goal every week has been 10 people. Subtract 2 weeks vacation a year and some holidays and do the math. It's a lot of interviews. A lot of people. A lot of stories about careers and life and successes and failures.

I was surprised to see a post about this subject from someone in my industry in regards to a conversation they had with one of their clients who was scared to make a hire after they'd made a bad one.

You use people like me - or you should be using people like me - to not make bad hires.

That's the point of what I do.

How do we do this?

There is experience in experience. I've interviewed a lot of people.

Track record. Who knows you better than the companies you've already worked for? And you know what they do with the high performers? They keep them. Are there blips sure but there's almost always a run of 5+ years in there somewhere at one company with multiple promotions. They also pay them more.

References. After I've interviewed you and spoken with you multiple times. Communicated verbally, on video, and in writing, my client interviews the person - in some cases multiple times. And then we do 3 references.

To the person in my industry who's clients are scared to make a hire - try the above.

If you aren't working with us - define your hiring process to be consistent and have non-negotiables.