Bonni is the host of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast, Dean of Teaching and Learning and Professor of Business and Management at Vanguard University, and my life partner. Prior to her academic career, she was a human resources consultant and executive officer for a publicly traded company. Bonni is the author of The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide*.

Virtually all leaders in organizations are called upon to manage (or at least be part of) the hiring process. In this episode, Bonni and I look at some common mistakes made in the hiring process and some straightforward things you can do to get better results in your hiring decisions.

Common Failures in the Hiring Process:

1. Testing for interview skills instead of what it will take to do the job well

2. Falling victim to the halo effect

3. Missing small clues along the way

4. Forgetting that the very best candidates are interviewing you as much as you are interviewing them

Look at your process from an outsider’s perspective

5. Not leveraging technology

A mentioned a brief note about episode #85

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