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Incompetency Framework: The Truth About Skills Based Hiring
Posted on July 30, 2025 2 Comments
Skills-based hiring, for all its promise, is fundamentally flawed. Not just flawed in practice, but flawed in premise, too.
Skills, as currently defined and implemented in most HR systems and hiring processes, are too subjective, too fluid, and too dependent on context to serve as a stable foundation for hiring.
Hiring Assessments & Astrology
Posted on October 30, 2013 3 Comments
It’s pretty obvious recruiting isn’t rocket science, but it might as well be. The goal of talent management, after all, basically involves looking for “stars” and making sure they’re ‘aligned’ with organizational needs, lest they end up in the “black hole” of the hiring process. That’s why it’s time to take a look at the […]