94 Percent of Hiring Managers Say Personality Can Matter More Than Skills

Skills matter, but first impressions rule: Why most HR leaders prioritize personality over experience when making hiring decisions.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

Countless parents have repeatedly warned their offspring against judging a book by its cover—and risk missing the deeper negative or positive qualities lying beneath it in doing so. It turns out HR managers and employees are brazenly ignoring that advice, with large majorities of both groups calling the initial impressions shared by prospective employers and workers alike essential in determining who gets hired.

The cautionary idiom about rapidly forming an opinion based on outward appearances originates in the........

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