Discussion-Hiring for Success
At this point in the course you should be well armed with the tools and knowledge necessary to make better-informed and rational choices. Apply that knowledge as you tackle one of the most important, and yet heavily subjective, of management responsibilities-the hiring process.
Assume you have been tasked with redesigning your organization's hiring processes. Respond to the following:
- Select two of the six pitfalls listed below:
- Influenced by initial impressions
- Justifying past decisions
- Seeing what you want to see
- Perpetuating the status quo
- Framing the hiring decision
- Overconfidence
- Examine how you might change the process to avoid your selected pitfalls.