People sometimes send me quotes to use here with my daily messages. Today’s quote comes from a friend and colleague who actually said this during one of our conversations.
People say the darndest things.
It often pays to pay attention.
Armen is an executive recruiter and since we share a passion for hiring great people, he knew I’d like this one. It comes from his experience recruiting professional golf executives worldwide. Most people, he says, have loads of knowledge and experience, but having good judgment is the most important thing he looks for in candidates. When interviewing people, he asks questions that require them to consider various scenarios and then tell how they’d deal with them. Knowledge shows someone knows and understands the basics, while good judgment helps produce the most effective results. Hiring doesn’t have to be a crapshoot – consider using personal assessments that can provide profiles on a wide range of attitudes and skills and then include open-ended questions in your interviews that allow candidates to provide examples of how they approach decision making and problem solving. If you hire people with the right attitude and good judgment you can teach them the rest. And hiring the right people is the first step to getting everything else right. Getting hiring right is something you can be proud of today.
Armen Suny (born 1960-something): Professional golf club superintendent and general manager, currently working as an executive recruiter for the golf club industry.
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