September 17, 2019

E57 | Helping Companies Fix Their Recruitment Challenge with Brad Smart

55 minutes

This week’s guest on The Melting Pot is considered to be the world’s foremost expert on hiring, Dr. Brad Smart. Brad is the founder and CEO of Topgrading Inc, a company that, amongst many things, interviews candidates for hire or promotion to senior positions - the A players, the topgrade.

Brad’s methodology is so successful, he is credited with tripling the successful hiring and promotion of high performers at companies such as General Electric, Honeywell, Barclays, and the American Heart Association.

Since the 1970s, Brad has conducted close to 7,000 in-depth interviews with executives and has authored 7 books. Topgrading Inc doesn’t just interview candidates, it is also a software company whose platform is designed to integrate with any company’s applicant tracking software.

On today’s podcast:

Why Brad got started recruiting high performers

The truth serum

The secrets of topgrading

Why HR can’t deliver A-players

40-50% of all resumes contain significant lies

Why he replaced the job description with a scorecard

Why he isn’t a fan of psychometric testing

Links:

Society of Human Resources Management

https://www.topgrading.com/resources/topgrading-ebook/

Topgrading version 3 - Bradford D. Smart