It is all about reactions. What is more important than the answer to the question asked? It’s the reaction to the question! Always observe an applicant’s immediate reaction to your question or challenge during employment interviews. Doing so will tell you more than just the answer. Someone may give you a perfect answer to a question, while perfectly lying. You can’t really detect a chronic, constant personality in an answer – because the applicant may know the perfect answer to the question
50% of your success with new employees is dictated by your effectiveness in getting them to perform as fast as possible – not just for productivity/viability purposes, but also for morale purposes. If new employees do not perform, they soon find the best excuses to blame it on the company and on you. Your first responsibility is to help them get productive A.S.A.P.
According to the independent investigative firm, Market International LTD, one-third of resumes contain material omissions or misstatements of one kind or another. Other alarming statistics warn us of the questionable reliability of resumes:
A physical therapist loses her successful practice soon after she hired an over-emotional assistant who had been hiding her tendency to violence as well as her addiction to psychiatric & recreational drugs.
The most common effects of workplace violence incidents on employees include decreased morale, decreased sense of safety, decreased productivity, decreased trust among co-workers and increased stress and depression.
