It Won’t Always Work
Yet for every hire that works, there is another that doesn’t. In this respect, the recruiter needs to go easy on themselves. People are people and not everyone is going to buy into your vision, no matter what they say at the interview or how strongly we try and incentivize them.
We have our objectives and we should focus on those and those alone. If someone is just not on the same page – after strong and repeated attempts by you to motivate them – then you should both move on, seeing each recruiting failure as a step towards recruiting success.
Having said this, it is right that you see each recruiting failure as your failure. It is something you have to learn from. Hiring is a skill you have to hone.
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