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How Marginal Employees Ace Interviews
In today’s highly competitive and turbulent business environment, hiring average employees can spell “failure”. That means, interviewers play a key role in the success, or failure, of their companies. That leads one to ask, "Why how do so many average and poor performers get hired, and so few High Performers?" Come to find out, many interviewers have had little or no formal training on how to hire the best. To make matters worse, the applicant has become interview-savvy. They have learned to maneuver through the interview by accentuating the positive and minimizing the negative, and getting the job offer. It's a very uneven playing field that does NOT favor the interviewer. But that can be turned around. Let's address interviewer training. Read on:

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Hiring Ineffective Salespeople Costs Real Estate Industry Millions
If ever there was an industry that lives or dies by the performance of it’s salespeople, it is real estate. But real estate sales, like insurance sales, suffers from a cripplingly high failure rate when hiring new salespeople, and the reason is that these industries employ highly ineffective processes for identifying and hiring fresh sales talent. In most real estate companies the 80/20 rule (or something akin to it) applies. For example in one major national agency 15% of agents deliver 78% of revenues. What this means is that hiring effective agents is a purely random event - No more effective than tossing a coin.
The Nine Most Common Hiring Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
To err in hiring is human – and very expensive. Many “standard” hiring procedures are actually common mistakes, so to choose more competent candidates, prepare to revise your hiring methods. Learn the nine hiring errors managers often make, then eliminate them from your hiring practices to help you choose only the cream of the crop.

Hiring New Team Members
Quick hiring, convenient hiring or insider hiring rarely works. There is reverse proportion between the timing of the hire and the quality of the hire. The quicker the hiring decision, the more likely the decision will be a poor decision. The more convenient the candidate (i.e. Bob in accountings’ sister in law) the more likely it will haunt you for a long period of time.

A Reliable Predictor of Job Performance
Predicting who will be a top performer is the Holy Grail of the hiring process. There are so many variables that drive job success, however, that hiring managers frequently drop any pretense of a scientific approach and end up trusting their gut. Unfortunately this can reject viable candidates and produce a "cloning effect" (hiring in your own image).

Carol Quinn's Interviewer Tip #4
Carol Quinn is the Employer's Advocate. Here is her Interviewer Tip #4 for hiring High Performers.
How to Choose the Right Executive Coach - 8 Keys to a Good Fit
In times of recession, companies must do more with less. Providing executive coaches to high-potential performers is one way to get the most out of untapped talent. Willingness to be coached and a good fit are two of the key ingredients for a successful coaching relationship. Companies should consider two basic hiring rules when hiring a coach: 1. Ensure executives are ready and willing to be coached. 2. Allow leaders to choose the coach

Five Big Mistakes Hiring Managers Make and How to Avoid Them
The role of "Hiring Manager" is a key position. It is the gateway to the organization's future. If you are good at the selection and hiring process you will likely have a bright future. If you are not you likely will not. Read about Five Big Mistakes Hiring Managers Make And How You Can Avoid Them.
Character and Competence
When hiring for and growing employees within an organization, it is essential to consider both character and competence traits. The single best strategy for helping a company improve results starts with hiring the right people for the right business needs. It is far better to leave a vacancy unfilled rather than fill just because “any warm body in the chair will help.” The pain and cost of making poor hiring decisions is unnecessary. Sprinkle the hiring process with a bit more deliberation and patience and watch the long-term results take an upward course.
Happy Sales People are Superior Sales People
If you want to increase your successes in hiring sales people for your team, look for a high level of Happiness and Well-being. Research has identified Happiness and an essential piece producing high performing sales people.

How to Recruit Top Sales Guns
Companies have systems and processes for accounting, shipping, and marketing. It’s time to get a system in place for hiring top guns. These high flying sales folks will make you money, regardless of the economy. Stop using the excuse that it’s hard to hire good salespeople because they interview well and are charming. Sharpen your hiring process, become even better at interviewing and take the first step in making your life easier as a business owner or sales manager.

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