by Lou Adler | Sep 21, 2025 | Controlling Bias, Passive Candidate Recruiting, Rethinking the Job Description
At a hiring manager training program last week, I ended the multi-day program with two pieces of advice. First, invoke the “No 2s”rule to prevent most hiring mistakes – immediately! A Level 2 is a person who is competent to do the work but not motivated to do it. As...
by Lou Adler | Jun 5, 2025 | Assessing Soft Skills, Performance-based Interview, Rethinking the Job Description
Sarah Chen never thought a simple scorecard would transform her hiring process, but six months later, she found herself in the CHRO’s office, making the case for rolling it out company-wide. “David, I need to show you something,” Sarah began, pulling...
by Lou Adler | Jun 8, 2024 | Passive Candidate Recruiting, Quality of Hire, Recruiting & Closing
Quality of hire is a crucial metric for organizations as it directly impacts overall performance, employee retention, and business outcomes. However, companies often struggle to agree on how to measure it due to the multifaceted nature of job performance and the...
by Lou Adler | Jan 5, 2024 | Assessing Soft Skills, Assessment, Diversity Hiring
I just asked ChatGPT if Performance-based Hiring could be used to measure Quality of Hire. Its response is below. Here’s a copy of the Quality of Hire Talent Scorecard mentioned below. We’re also now building a Performance-based Hiring ChatGPT bot. Attendees at our...
by Lou Adler | Oct 30, 2023 | Controlling Bias, Passive Candidate Recruiting, Recruiting & Closing
After tracking the 10-year performance of 100s of candidates I placed in mid-management roles from 1980 to 2000, I finally figured out how to measure Quality of Hire. It’s described in detail in Chapter 16 of Hire with Your Head (4th edition, 2021, Wiley). The...
