Seven in 10 companies feel safer managing underachievers than taking a risk on unproven new people, a survey shows.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Low Potentials: One might think lousy economic conditions would make companies
more selective during recruiting. Instead, employers appear content to endure
poor performers rather than take a chance on unknown commodities, a new survey
suggests. Caliper, a management consulting firm in Princeton, New Jersey, finds
that nearly seven in 10 employers find it easier to manage “the devil they know”
than to take risks on hiring unknown new people. A mere 31 percent say the
opposite, according to Caliper’s survey of 190 U.S. hiring managers from various
industries. Caliper says the results underscore employers’ need to move beyond
surface qualifications and rely more on behavioral interviews and personality
assessments when making hiring decisions.
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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