What do I do if I Can’t Hire Anyone From my Group of Winners?
You need to decide whether you want to go through the entire recruitment process again or choose someone from among your potential winners.
As you look through your potential winners, ask yourself what it would take to make your top potential winner into a winner. If the answer is as simple as a training course or two, then you should give this candidate serious consideration—with the understanding that you’ll schedule the training soon after hire. Perhaps the candidate needs a little more experience before you would have put him or her into the winners’ stack. Then you need to make a judgment call as to whether you feel that his or her current experience is enough to carry the person through until the individual gains the experience you are looking for. If you have any doubts, you may want to keep looking for the right candidate. After all, the person you choose will be working with you for a long time—taking the time to find the best candidate only makes sense.