Fatal Attraction
The phenomenon of bad hires who keep failing upward is far more common and costly that CEOs and HR managers would care to admit. But it's an unhappy fact that while under great pressure to attract wealth-generating talent, executives who hire infrequently - and aren't skilled in the recrui...
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