The 55 Principles of Hiring Accuracy

Principle #1 People Create All Value Principle #2 Every Person is Different Principle #3 Every Job is Different Principle #4 To Hire is to Predict Principle #5 Focus on the Hiring Trifecta Principle #6 Before you Hire, Aim Principle #7 To Hire Right, Be Transparent Principle #8 Know Your Hiring Recipe Principle #9 Screen for Attributes, Not Resumes Principle #10 Hiring Accuracy Must Be Tracked Principle #11 Where There's People, There's Variability Principle #12 Where There's Variability, There's Opportunity Principle #13 Treat Every Hire Like An Experiment Principle #14 Human Bias Prevents Hiring Accuracy Principle #15 The Best Way to Remove Bias is With Structure Principle #16 Don't Flip a Coin — Structure Your Interviews Principle #17 Measure Critical Skills With Work Samples Principle #18 Measure 'Hard to Measure' Traits in Multiple Ways Principle #19 Use References ('Backdoor' Where Possible) Principle #20 Know Where References Help And Don't Help Principle #21 Hiring Right Is Knowing What To Measure And How Principle #22 Experience & Education Don't Predict Job Success Principle #23 To Know What To Measure, Know Where To Look Principle #24 To Hire Right, Use The Entire Toolkit Principle #25 With Hiring, You Choose Your Hard Principle #26 An Ounce Of Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure Principle #27 A Bad Hiring Process is Worse Than a Bad Hire Principle #28 Don't Take A Hands-Off Approach To Culture Principle #29 Define Your Culture Or Someone Else Will Principle #30 Don't Try To Be Everything To Everyone Principle #31 To Hire for Culture Fit, You Must Define It Principle #32 Culture Matters More Than You Think Principle #33 People Are Amazing, People Are Horrible Principle #34 Hiring Accuracy Matters More Than Efficiency Principle #35 Love Turnover? Make Sure You Do This. Principle #36 Your Turnover Costs More Than You Think Principle #37 Got Turnover? Don't Keep Pouring. Fix The Leak! Principle #38 Turnover Is About Job Fit Principle #39 To Diagnose Your Turnover, Identify When It Occurs Principle #40 Short Term Turnover Is A Hiring Problem Principle #41 Ego Is The Enemy Of Hiring Right Principle #42 View HR As A Cost Center? You're Doing It Wrong Principle #43 Your Comp Strategy Requires Hiring Accuracy Principle #44 A Great Hire Creates 2-5X More Value (At Min.) Principle #45 Structure In Hiring Leads To Repeatable Results Principle #46 Structure In Hiring Leads To Fairness Principle #47 Structure In Hiring Leads To Learning Principle #48 Structure In Hiring Leads To Your Not Getting Sued Principle #49 Structure In Hiring Leads To Accountability Principle #50 Not All Attributes Matter Equally For Job Success Principle #51 Learn To Recognize The Symptoms Of Poor Hiring Principle #52 Your Training Is Only As Good As Your Hiring Principle #53 No, You Can't Train Anyone To Be Anything Principle #54 Past Performance Predicts The Future, Sometimes Principle #55 Ask Applicants To Do, Not Just 'What They've Done'