How to Prevent Hiring Disasters
Hiring someone can be a time-consuming and nerve-wracking task. In an ideal situation, you find the perfect person for the positionsomeone who hits the ground running, increases your unit’s performance, and eases your workload. In the worst-case scenario, your seemingly perfect hire turns out to be far from it and you spend months dealing with the aftermath, including finding a replacement. Either way, it can feel like a referendum on your judgment. So how can you be sure your experience is more like the former than the latter? If you outline and adhere to a disciplined process, you can greatly improve your chances.