Resumes a terrible way to hire people


Research shows that one of the most predictive components of success on the job is honesty. (Honest people, not surprisingly, are more likely to be conscientious and dependable - two big predictors of job performance.) Integrity tests, which can be purchased off the shelf and delivered at scale, are one of the best indicators of whether a candidate will do the job well. In other words, your parents were right: character matters.

EMPLOYERS spend billions annually screening and assessing potential new hires, but they aren’t getting much for their money.

As many as 95% of employers admit to hiring the wrong people each year. Worse, more than a third of employers report being unaware of the true costs of bad hires, which can reach as high as five times annual salary costs.

The research, however, shows that these results should be no surprise. Our hiring problem starts at the very beginning of the recruiting process with the most ubiquitous screening tool: the resume.

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