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Lou Adler

Lou Adler is the CEO and founder of The Adler Group – a training and search firm helping companies implement Performance-based Hiring℠. Adler is the author of the Amazon top-10 best-seller, Hire With Your Head (John Wiley & Sons, 3^rd Edition, 2007). His most recent book has just been published, The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired (Workbench, 2013). He is also the author of the award-winning Nightingale-Conant audio program, Talent Rules! Using Performance-based Hiring to Build Great Teams (2007).

I’ll Say It Again: We Need to Get Rid of Resumes and Job Descriptions

Lou AdlerMarch 7, 2013

As some of you may know, I think the continued use of traditional, skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent … Read more

Why We Should Banish Job Descriptions and Resumes

Lou AdlerMarch 6, 2013

As most of you know, I think the continued use of traditional skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent available. By … Read more

Get Rid of Job Descriptions and You’ll Hire Better People

Lou AdlerFebruary 14, 2013

For the past 30 years I’ve been on a kick to ban traditional skills — and experience-based job descriptions. The prime reason: they’re anti-talent … Read more

Ban Job Descriptions and Hire Better People

Lou AdlerFebruary 13, 2013

For the past 30 years I’ve been on a kick to ban traditional skills- and experience-based job descriptions. The prime reason: they’re anti-talent and … Read more

Recruiters Must Demand Their Hiring Managers Prepare performance-based Job Descriptions

Lou AdlerJanuary 23, 2013

Since we promote people based on their performance, why don’t we hire them the same way? Amazon willing, my next book, The Essential Guide for Hiring … Read more

My Exclusive ERE Top 10 List for Becoming a Outstanding Recruiter in 2013

Lou AdlerJanuary 4, 2013

I was talking with a bunch of corporate recruiters and talent leaders in San Jose last month about the future of corporate recruiting. At the end of the … Read more

Use Anti-DISC to Become a Better Person and Make Better Assessments

Lou AdlerDecember 6, 2012

Warning: do not use this slick all-purpose assessments for screening out people. However, it’s useful for becoming a better interviewer and screening in … Read more

Take a Tour of the Factory and Call Me in the Morning

Lou AdlerNovember 16, 2012

As many of you know, I’ve been asked to participate in LinkedIn’s Influential Business Leaders Forum as spokesperson for career management and recruiting … Read more

The Cost of Quality of Hire Is Free

Lou AdlerNovember 1, 2012

I was training a group of hiring managers in New York City a few weeks ago on the fine points of Performance-based Hiring. The conversation quickly focused … Read more

Should You Replace the Incumbent?

Lou AdlerOctober 19, 2012

I was talking to an old client of mine the other day. He was the CEO of a fast-growing manufacturing company in the 1990s, and now he’s on the board of … Read more