Tag Archives: Work Matters

Performance-based Hiring - Work Matters podcast series

Work Matters – Pre-Hire Performance Review SMARTe Podcast 1.3



How to Conduct a Pre-hire Performance Review being SMARTe

In this podcast Lou Adler introduces the concept of using a pre-hire performance review to assess candidates. Lou contends that we hire strangers using different criteria than hiring acquaintances and that the subsequent performance of acquaintances is more predictable. A pre-hire performance review allows everyone to be assessed the same way – on their past performance. As you’ll discover using this process your interviewing accuracy will soar in addition to the quality of the people you hire.


Performance-based Hiring - Work Matters podcast series

Work Matters – Most Important Interview Question Podcast 1.2



The Most Important Interview Question of All Time

In this podcast Lou Adler introduces the most important interview question of all time. This is a summary of his post on LinkedIn that had over 1 million reads. Try to answer the question Lou poses in the podcast and you’ll immediately see why it is the most important interview question of all time.


Performance-based Hiring - Work Matters podcast series

Work Matters – Handling Candidate Compensation Podcast 1.1



How to Determine a Candidate’s Internal Driver of Success

In this podcast Lou Adler describes how to answer the common candidate question, “What’s the compensation.” Adler suggests a non-answer to understand what drives the person to excel. If your job matches this you need to pay the person whatever they need.