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The Top 10 Hiring Mistakes

Recruiting by Numbers: Thursday, July 19th, 2007

No job description.
Hiring someone without the necessary skills.
Hiring someone without having the person take a behavioral assessment.
Hiring someone whose temperament or personality is wrong for the job.
Hiring friends and/or relatives.
Not interviewing the candidate.
Not preparing for the interview by creating a set of questions that you ask everyone.
Not having enough candidates to choose form.
Not screening the candidates so you interview everyone.
Not checking references and background.

Alvah Parker, EzineArticles

Trackback by Biology and Zoology, September 12, 2007 at 5:34 pm

Biology and Zoology

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article, but it sounds interesting

Comment by Peggy McKee, July 22, 2007 at 4:51 pm

I take issue with #8. I am not sure why having more candidates is necessary if the one candidate you find is “the one”. I struggle with hiring managers and this hiring falsehood.