Psychometric Testing in Recruitment – What a Complete Waste of Time?
Let’s be honest, lots of psychometric testing is a load of old rubbish used by inexperienced, inept, ignorant recruiters who have little real world business experience.
Used sparingly it can of course complement real world expertise, but it can’t replace it.
Can you do a better job selecting your own staff than a 25-year-old backpacking psychometric test wielding recruiter can do? Of course you can.
But, and this is a big but (that is not a gag), are you perfect at picking staff? I wonder.
Let’s consider just 3 of the many challenges involved in recruitment. Read more
Announcement – NEW eBook on Selling Your Business
Hamilton Rich is pleased to announce the release of their FREE, downloadable ebook – “Selling Your Business? A Practical Guide”. Read more
Man with a Hammer Syndrome
Abraham Maslow famously said in 1966,
“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
Loneliness of the long distance CEO
It’s not only the long distance runner who faces loneliness and isolation.
Alan Sillitoe could have been writing about the loneliness of the modern day CEO or business owner when he penned his classic novel The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
As our friend Ian Garrow, CEO of Amcla remarked when reflecting on how and why he had used Hamilton Rich.
“The role of CEO is a very solitary position. Often quoted as the toughest and loneliest job in business. Everyone in the organisation is quick to come to the CEO for advice, decisions and strategy but where can the CEO seek unbiased, informed, professional advice?”
Is Ian unusual in finding the CEO role a lonely one? Not according to the Harvard Business Review (HBR) and many others. Read more