During my 20 plus years as an executive search consultant, I have attended a number of events where I have repeatedly heard companies boast of how they hire only the very best people, the crème de la crème – those who not only have a first class degree but who are also able to think “outside the box”, be creative, etc. Paradoxically, they will then shunt candidates into a standardized recruitment process where the tests and interviews that follow have little or nothing to do with the actual positions for which these candidates are applying, or being considered.
Purple squirrels: Hiring the ultimate game changers
