Do You Hire for “Readiness”

One of the great adages of hiring is: “We hire people for what they know and we fire them for who they are.”

To do a better job of hiring, we need to focus more of the applicant’s attitudes and personality traits rather than on skills. One area of focus should be “readiness” ( Prepared or available for service, action, or progress; Mentally disposed; willing; Likely or
about to do something; Prompt in apprehending or reacting).

Does the applicant exhibit a readiness to:

1. Learn and apply new ideas?
2. Change and adapt?
3. Respond positively to correction or criticism?
4. Listen?

P.S. The answer to the question posed in my last blog is: Warren Buffet. The winner of my special report, “Beyond Behavioral Interviewing,” is Maciej Polonski.

(For a complimentary copy of our special report, Why the Wrong People Get Hired, visit The Humetrics’ Free Knowledge Center.)