In Hiring, What If “Competence” Is Actually Overrated?

You know, it just may well be…

I don’t think many companies really think through their hiring solutions, aside from “Let’s buy a piece of technology, throw money at it, and hope it makes things better.” By and large, technology killed recruiting — turning it into a process that alienates your best possible candidates, as opposed to attracting them. It’s not good. In short, the hiring process? It’s broken. It can be fixed, and there are legitimate hiring solutions out there, but they are more about methodology and approach than going and spending cheddar on an ATS.

Let’s walk through a couple of steps quickly and see if you understand what I am saying:

• There’s a prevailing idea in business that “If you’re not growing, you are dying.”
• As a result of this, investors tend to value growth — even in situations where profit isn’t present.
• The term “growth” inherently implies shifting, moving, responding to challenges, etc. Some in biz love to call this “agility.”
• Now think for a second about how companies hire.
• Rather than looking for people who have a certain set of skills and could grow into others, they come up with a 15-point checklist.
• If you only have 12…