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The Day I Declared the Old Adage “Hire for Attitude” – Officially Dead!

On 6th November 2014, I declared the old adage “Hire for Attitude but not aptitude” OFFICIALLY DEAD! I told a packed room of senior leadership and HR professionals that this old adage was no longer valid! And

A Bold and Brilliant HR Strategy or a really Risky (Silly?) one?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Leadership & Management / Strategy / No Comments / December 16, 2014

Have you heard of the “Hire to Hurt” recruiting strategy? I recently came across an article talking about taking bold steps executing talent recruiting strategies. The core strategy of that article was to boldly hire all

Stretch goals. Boon or Bane?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Employee Engagement / Performance / 2 Comments / December 9, 2014

2014 is quickly coming to a close and a brand new year will be upon us very soon. Many of us are already thinking of setting new goals, new objectives and planning our new year

How Much is Your Bad Hire Costing You?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / No Comments / December 2, 2014

Do you know the true cost of a bad hire? Sadly, most of us don’t. If you did a search on Google, you will find all kinds of estimates and suggestions regarding the negative financial impact of

The 3 Biggest Mistakes Most Interviewers Make

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / No Comments / November 25, 2014

(This article received over 6,709 views and 215 Likes on LinkedIn) Over the years, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly sides of interviews — both as a job candidate when I was still

Why You Should Hire for Personality

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Personality / No Comments / November 4, 2014

So far we have covered Culture, Attitude and Aptitude in our previous articles. The final piece of the CAAP® Foundation is PERSONALITY. If you missed the previous articles, read them here: Culture, Attitude, Aptitude So what is

Why You Should Hire for APTITUDE

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Personality / No Comments / October 28, 2014

The Guy Who Could Not Learn Many years ago, I hired a guy who had more than 10 years of working experience and all the relevant technical qualifications and certifications. He did well in the interviews

What is ATTITUDE?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Personality / 2 Comments / October 21, 2014

In my previous article, I talked about Culture. If you missed it, you can read it here. Today we will examine the next attribute – Attitude. So what is Attitude? Attitude is something that is notoriously difficult to

Culture, Attitude, Aptitude, Personality. Do You Know the Difference?

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Organisation Culture / Personality / 2 Comments / October 14, 2014

Lately, I’ve been seeing some articles calling recruiters and hiring managers to hire for attitude but not for aptitude. Honestly, I have been quite ruffled and disturbed by this strange trend of reasoning. One article had the

3 Simple Steps to Highly Focused, Effective & Relevant Interview Questions

by FutureTHINK! / Blogs / Interviewing / Strategy / No Comments / October 7, 2014

How do you craft highly focused, effective and relevant interview questions? That’s a common question I get from my workshop participants and clients. Crafting interview questions is not rocket science. It is actually very simple once you

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