Having Teams Make Hiring Decisions

Rather than the typical scenario, in which a supervisor decides whom to hire, the employees who will be the new worker’s peers make the choice. Hiring managers tend to select applicants who think like them, but that often fails to create the best group chemistry. “The hiring teams do a much better job of picking people and you’ve got people surrounding that new person who want him or her to succeed.” In fact, no new hire now joins the company based on only one person’s approval, and supervisors don’t have the final say.

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