“In the hiring process, hurry calmly!”

🌟 Kathy Fyock writes in the book 53 Strategies for Hiring the Best: Some time ago, the CFO of an insurance company told me an interesting story. He had received a résumé that looked excellent and complete. The candidate’s qualifications and education were perfect. After a phone conversation with the candidate, the CFO became even more convinced that this was exactly the person he wanted.

🌟 Since he had been searching for such a candidate for months—and was sure someone like that wouldn’t stay unemployed for long and competitors would quickly hire him—he decided to move forward with the hire.

🌟 However, the insurance company had strict hiring policies, and the background‑check process was long and time‑consuming. The CFO worried that he might lose the candidate.

🌟 Still, with no other choice, he waited for HR to complete the background check. The results revealed that the candidate had been imprisoned for embezzlement and had sent the résumé from prison—and that his extensive experience in embezzlement had made him quite knowledgeable in financial matters.

🌟 This experience, and others like it, reminds us that even when we feel pressure to hire quickly, we must not rush the hiring process—especially the background‑check stage.

🌟 Psychologists confirm this as well, noting that the best predictor of a person’s future performance is their past performance.

🌟 Since only a small part of a candidate’s past appears on their résumé, we must calmly and patiently investigate the rest of their background.

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