Archive for March, 2008
The Importance of Hiring "A" Players When Hiring
In the market today you see a constant barrage of employment guides, books, authors and gurus preaching “Hire the best you possibly can!” or “Only hire A players”. Two of my favorites are:
Brad Smart – Top Grading
Rusty Rueff and Hank Stringer – Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business
But just how important is top talent to an organization? In this case to Lufthansa and the 200+ people on the plane – hiring top talent was the difference between life and death.
In our client companies, great talent can mean the difference between profit and loss or success and failure. They use video interview services powered by HireVue and our structured interview platform to help build teams and hire “A” players like they never could before.
In this case however, Lufthansa takes the cake – they hire A players. Anybody who can maneuver a A330 like a fighter jet in 100 kph crosswinds is an All-Star. Anybody who hires that person must look pretty good too.
