Foolproof Hiring: How to Double Your Recruiting Success

My 21-year-old son Bray­den, who works as a restau­rant shift leader, was recent­ly asked to help to inter­view a poten­tial employ­ee. Although he had nev­er done that before, he rose to the chal­lenge. When I asked him how he did, he said he ​“just made up a bunch of ran­dom questions”.

And while I’m proud of him for jump­ing in, we can agree that his ​‘fly by the seat of your pants’ approach real­ly isn’t a suc­cess­ful method­ol­o­gy for hir­ing new peo­ple – whether from the out­side, who will bring val­ue and per­form well in their envi­ron­ment; or devel­op­ing and pro­mot­ing internally.

And, some­times, you get lucky.

A Com­mon Challenge

Recruit­ing is hard. Even the most expe­ri­enced busi­ness lead­ers are chal­lenged to build teams of peo­ple who thrive in their roles.

In many orga­ni­za­tions – whether you do what my son did or fol­low a more com­plex sys­tem – you still only have a 25% chance of get­ting it right.

Dou­ble Your Success

We – and many of our clients – always use Top­grad­ing method­ol­o­gy which, done prop­er­ly, gives you a 75% to 90% suc­cess rate.

But it’s often hard for orga­ni­za­tions to com­mit to com­mit to the full dis­ci­pline required to bring its pow­er­ful tools to life.

So, Chris Mur­sau (Pres­i­dent of Top­grad­ing Inc.) wrote a new book about the few, sim­ple things you can do to avoid the most com­mon hir­ing mis­takes – and at least dou­ble your recruit­ing suc­cess rate.

As Chris says, every time you avoid a mis-hire, you put more mon­ey in the bank and get the pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, val­ue and bet­ter cul­ture that A play­ers bring.

Fool­proof Hiring

We’ve been very for­tu­nate, over the years, to work a lot with Chris on dif­fer­ent projects for our clients, so we invit­ed him to join us for a webi­nar to talk about Fool­proof Hir­ing (co-authored by Top­grad­ing CEO Dr. Brad Smart).

In his expe­ri­ence, these are the five most com­mon hir­ing mistakes:

1. Not enough A Play­er applicants
2. You are fooled into hir­ing low performers
3. Shal­low, unre­veal­ing Interviews
4. Worth­less ref­er­ence calls
5. Appli­cant screen­ing tools that don’t work

All of them can be avoid­ed with the sim­ple tools he offers to eval­u­ate and improve how you recruit and screen can­di­dates, col­lect the right data and ref­er­ences, and attract and get the right peo­ple in the right seats.

The hard­est part of build­ing a great com­pa­ny just got much easier.

Webi­nar Highlights

Click on these links to learn more:

Clip 1: Cut to the Chase with Fool­proof Hiring

Kevin and Chris dis­cuss Fool­proof Hir­ing, the sim­pli­fied ver­sion of Topgrading.

Clip 2: An Eas­i­er Approach to Fit Your Needs

Learn how the full Top­grad­ing method­ol­o­gy is like a res­o­lu­tion to hit the gym for the first time in 20 years – and how you can get good results, less painfully.

Clip 3: Check, Check, and Check Those Ref­er­ences Again

How cru­cial are thor­ough ref­er­ence checks in mak­ing the right deci­sion for both parties.

Clip 4: The Lim­its of ATS

A warn­ing about the lim­i­ta­tions of appli­cant screen­ing tools. Learn how they can screen out A Play­ers and let C Play­ers through.

Clip 5: Don’t Lose Sight of Your Gut Insight

How your instincts can be as pow­er­ful as your mea­sur­ing tools.

Clip 6: The Ben­e­fit of A Play­er Referrals

Seek­ing out refer­rals from A‑Players you know can mean a 75% chance of mak­ing the right hire.

Clip 7: Mas­ter­ful Job Ads

The val­ue of work­ing your net­work and craft­ing a great ad to attract the right match.

Clip 8: Man­age Your Expec­ta­tions: Fair Pay

How com­pa­nies can mis-pay for future pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and lead­er­ship, and the val­ue of get­ting the num­bers right.

Clip 9: Hir­ing Right with the Truth Motivator

How to use the Truth Moti­va­tor to cut through the mirage of a great resume.

Clip 10: The Most Effec­tive Way to Interview

How to give a bet­ter inter­view: thor­ough, chrono­log­i­cal, in-depth, and structured.

Clip 11: Get the Real Story

Make sense of things like job hop­ping or if some­one with a bril­liant mind is the right leader to build and nur­ture a team.

The Chal­lenge

• Which of these five most com­mon hir­ing mis­takes do you make?

1. Not enough A Play­er applicants
2. You are Fooled into Hir­ing Low Performers
3. Shal­low, Unre­veal­ing Interviews
4. Worth­less Ref­er­ence Calls
5. Appli­cant Screen­ing Tools Don’t Work

• What can you and your key lead­ers to dou­ble the effec­tive­ness of your hir­ing decisions?

If you would like assis­tance to build a stronger team, with more A Play­ers; or have a recruit­ment and pro­mo­tion deci­sion to make, please reach out. Our team is hap­py to assist.

Oth­er Blogs 

• Do You Have a Who Problem?
• Can You Read the Room?

Old­er Podcasts

• Five Expen­sive Hir­ing Mis­takes to Avoid
• I Have a Key Exec­u­tive That I Think is Inef­fec­tive. What Do I Do?