Archive for October, 2009

Oct
24

Five Deadly Sins Of Hiring

Posted by: bshamis | Comments (0)

Hiring good employees gives you the best opportunity to defeat your competition.  In this constantly changing market, the quality of your people is the only sustainable competitive advantage.  This article identifies and will help you avoid some of the biggest hiring mistakes.  But, before we jump in, a quick story.

I fielded a call this morning from a prospect who is interested in our Selecting Winners program.  He runs a large insurance agency and needs to hire more than 100 salespeople this year.  He asked me what I could guarantee.  This is certainly a reasonable question.  So, I gave him my standard answer: “By using the Selecting Winners system you will have the highest probability of hiring successful employees!”

Too often, people are looking for the “magic bullet” or some other secret when it comes to hiring.  The simple truth is that there is no magic bullet or secret when it comes to choosing great employees.  The answer lies in applying a proven system and using it religiously.

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