DavidSidlow

You’ve seen it before, and so have we. Post an opening for an Executive Director or Regional Manager, and the resumes pour in. Sometimes 50. Sometimes 100. At first, that volume feels encouraging. But look closer: A large percentage don’t meet the minimum requirements. Others have experience, but in the wrong industry. A small handful seem close to being right, but not quite at the level you need. As recruiters, [...]

Most of us have heard about “magic numbers” that supposedly define success. For example, the familiar “10,000 steps per day” goal wasn’t based on science at all. It began in 1965, when a Japanese company launched the first commercial pedometer, naming it the manpo-kei: literally, the “10,000-step meter.” The number was chosen because it was round, memorable, and marketable, not because research proved it was the secret to good health. [...]