An Emerging Metric in New Hire Consideration

Many firms rely on historical performance and interviewing ability as their primary vetting criteria. The dominate considerations for many seem to be, “did everybody they interviewed with like them and did they do well at their last firm.” While these may play a role, they rarely by themselves, accurately determine future performance. Employing available sophisticated assessments that show aptitudes, capabilities and behavioral traits are additional critically important elements of any decision process, and can dramatically lower the “failure” rate so many experience. And there is a new element that may play a role as large as any of these other critical elements. The ability to demonstrate effective networking skills! It may rank right up there with IQ. NS, (networking skills) includes demonstrating the ability to meet, bond, form non-organizational teams, be visible in the marketplace, adept at social media applications, and maintain and grow an ever larger set of connections. This should likely be an important part of any hiring consideration.