Skill vs. Attitude - What Makes the Best Candidate

Is attitude really more important than skill? No. It's equal!

In Mark Murphy's book "Hiring for Attitude," he stated that 46% of newly hired employees will fail within 18 months, mostly attributed to non-technical or non-skill related items. While it is certainly true that most employees are fired for non-skill related items, this does not prove that attitude is more important than skill, only that attitude should be looked at as equal to skill. Skill and Attitude, as well as Competency and Culture, are key candidate metrics we need to measure.

Key points you'll learn:

Why the statistics show that most people are hired for skill and are fired for attitude.
Why new hires fail and provide insight on how to improve the questions you ask that will increase the odds of the candidate's long-term success.
Why most talent acquisition professionals focus only on the technical skills of the role when interviewing candidates.
How to improve your Candidate Metrics strategy to increase the odds of the candidate's long-term success: Finding the right "DNA" of a talented person means thorough assessment of skill, attitude competency, and culture.