[askinakhan]

I strongly believe that hiring should be based on data. Based on the following 5 factors:

1.Intellect 2.Values 3.Motivations 4.Behaviours 5.Experience

With these factors you can determine a persons Cultural Fit and predicted future performance. In fact, you could automate this through technology.

For example, for predicting future performance we could test the high performers in our company then we have a template for what motivations and behaviours high performers are likely to exhibit. Based on this we can then assess new comers and map them against high performers. The more highly correlated they are, the more likely you should be to hire them.

For culture, if you currently like the culture of your company you could simply assess the values of all your employees, average them and assess new applicants against this and depending on correlation, hire them or not. This could be done through a CFT (Cultural Fit Tool)

But this is just one suggestion. Software that enables this could work quite well IMO.

[pjc50]

1.Intellect 2.Values 3.Motivations 4.Behaviours 5.Experience

All of those are extremely subjective. And trying to replicate your existing staff will give you an unimaginative company of yes-men.

[baudehlo]

Because our current processes have resulted in such diversity in the workspace? /s

[jia_min]

You, I like. That's exactly what the 85 years of research on hiring tells us are the strongest predictors of job performance and employee turnover.

Source: http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%...

[baudehlo]

I have no idea why this comment got so downvoted. This is exactly the software I've spent the last year building and it works incredibly well for our customers.

[themoonbus]

I think it's the "software" part that is getting down voted not the 5 attributes... I'm legitimately curious, how do you measure those things quantitatively?

[baudehlo]

You measure them relative to those who achieve high performance.

[themoonbus]

How do you quantify values, motivations, etc. to begin with, though?

[qodeninja]

I didnt even know you could downvote on here!

[skj]

Any system that classifies people who have knowledge of the system will be gamed. eg the endless battle between Google search quality and SEO hackers.