雅思阅读准备：职场防灾术.doc

　　雅思阅读准备：职场防灾术 　　雅思阅读准备之职场防灾术：A carefully crafted approach can dramatically improve your chances of hiring without regrets or turmoil 　　A carefully crafted approach can dramatically improve your chances of hiring without regrets or turmoil 　　By Amy Gallo 　　Posted on Harvard Business Review: May 27, 2010 11:49 AM 　　Hiring someone can be a time-consuming and nerve-wracking task. In an ideal situation, you find the perfect person for the position—someone who hits the ground running, increases your units performance, and eases your workload. In the worst-case scenario, your seemingly perfect hire turns out to be far from it and you spend months dealing with the aftermath, including finding a replacement. Either way, it can feel like a referendum on your judgment. So how can you be sure your experience is more like the former than the latter? If you outline and adhere to a disciplined process, you can greatly improve your chances. 　　What the Experts Say 　　Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at Egon Zehnder International and the author of Great People Decisions and The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad, argues that hiring decisions are pressure-filled for a reason. It is crucial to get hiring right not only for the hiring entity, but also, and very importantly, for the person being hired, he says. A new hire isnt to blame for a bad hiring decision, but will shoulder much of the burden when a role doesnt fit. 　　A carefully crafted hiring process can help avoid most mishaps. Adele Lynn, founder and owner of The Adele Lynn Leadership Group and author of The EQ Interview, urges that companies regard hiring as more of a science than an art, or worse a leap of faith. 　　Prevention is the best medicine 　　You can greatly reduce your chances of getting hiring decisions wrong by following a clear and consistent approach that includes knowing the traits valued across the organization (such as humility or an entrepreneurial spirit); conducting fair, structured