July 17, 2003

Gimme attitude
Posted by deisenhart@bostonworks.com">Douglas Eisenhart at 4:26 PM -

From Workforce.com, a piece on the concept of hiring attitude, not skills:

It’s a straightforward concept: hire the right people and build a better--and more profitable--organization. While many corporations are still thrilled by an MBA from Stanford or a jaw-dropping résumé that includes the initials GE or P&G, a growing number of organizations are ditching traditional thinking. They’re hiring for attitude, reasoning that you can teach the right person the skills to do the job but you can’t transform even the most knowledgeable person into a success if she lacks the right temperament. "Although personality-based hiring has been around for years, it’s now in the spotlight," says Bill Byham, CEO of Development Dimensions International, a Pittsburgh consulting firm that helped pioneer the concept.

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