Comments on: Ignorance and the Human Condition http://www.ere.net/2004/08/26/ignorance-and-the-human-condition/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joseph Murphy http://www.ere.net/2004/08/26/ignorance-and-the-human-condition/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Joseph Murphy Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:28:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2004/08/26/ignorance-and-the-human-condition/#comment-516 Bravo! Once again Wendell uses plain language to point out the consequences of recruiting professionals and hiring managers disregarding a significant body of proven knowledge and readily available best practices. In a survey conducted with my SHRM Web Cast on Quality of Hire, (N=558) 66% of particpants reported they do not enter candidate evaluation information into a database. Thus making it next to impossible to conduct any meaningfull analysis to prove the impact/value of hiring methods. This may, in part, be due to the fact there is no objective data to enter. A mere 15% reported they do conduct analysis to link staffing metrics to product or service delivery. This was reinforced by the Staffing.org annual survey in which 84.6% (N=2,294) reported they were unsure if their candidates met pre-hire quality standards. We might extrapolate that 85% of companies allow their staffing dollars to be spent without any objective scrutiny. We do have choices. Its time to break away from the stronghold of ineffective tradition and embrace the power of using objective data in recruiting processes and candidate evaluation methods. <BR><BR>You can read the original article <A HREF="http://www.erexchange.com/articles/db/BE2E8AAB2F2A47C098501731F3513F93.asp">here</A> <BR><BR>Post your own Article Review<BR>http://www.erexchange.com/p/g.asp?d=M&cid={1B781F9A-BFF8-414A-BA5B-40F8B09A19B3} <BR> Bravo!
Once again Wendell uses plain language to point out the consequences of recruiting professionals and hiring managers disregarding a significant body of proven knowledge and readily available best practices.

In a survey conducted with my SHRM Web Cast on Quality of Hire, (N=558) 66% of particpants reported they do not enter candidate evaluation information into a database. Thus making it next to impossible to conduct any meaningfull analysis to prove the impact/value of hiring methods. This may, in part, be due to the fact there is no objective data to enter.

A mere 15% reported they do conduct analysis to link staffing metrics to product or service delivery. This was reinforced by the Staffing.org annual survey in which 84.6% (N=2,294) reported they were unsure if their candidates met pre-hire quality standards. We might extrapolate that 85% of companies allow their staffing dollars to be spent without any objective scrutiny.

We do have choices. Its time to break away from the stronghold of ineffective tradition and embrace the power of using objective data in recruiting processes and candidate evaluation methods.

You can read the original article here

Post your own Article Review
http://www.erexchange.com/p/g.asp?d=M&cid={1B781F9A-BFF8-414A-BA5B-40F8B09A19B3}

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