Posts Tagged ‘the trouble with employees’

The Big Secret – Recruitment Interviews Don’t Work
Neil Lewis on Thursday, January 7th, 2010We have a recruitment interview Breakdown – 86% of interviews fail to pick the right person for the job.
According to a Michigan State University study on predictors of performance,
Some 90 per cent of hiring decisions are made as the result of the interview, but interviewing is only 14 per cent accurate…

Objection to Hiring Freelancers – “I Want to Hire the Best”
Neil Lewis on Friday, November 20th, 2009
Okay, we’ve started the ball rolling on this website with the controversial claim that entrepreneurs should only hire freelancers…
…that you have to hire the best. … and hiring the best means you have to offer the full time employment – the best package – a full time employment contract and for CEO’s golden handshakes to welcome them and golden parachutes should they fail, share options if they don’t etc.
