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A great resource for managers (and sellers who will be managers one day) is Sales & Marketing Management magazine. I recently read a post I thought would interest those of you trying to solve one of the greatest challenges managers face…hiring superstars.
Mistake 1: Relying only on interviews to evaluate a candidate
Mistake 2: Using successful people as models
Mistake 3: Too many criteria
Mistake 4: Evaluating “personality” instead of job skills
Mistake 5: Using yourself as an example
Mistake 6: Failure to use statistically validated testing to predict job skills most critical to success
Mistake 7: Not researching the reasons that people fail
Mistake 8: Relying on general “good guy” criteria
Mistake 9: Bypassing the reference check
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