Challenging Hiring Norms: What Looks Good on Paper Gets Hiring Wrong
The rules of hiring were written for a different era, by people who needed to manage risk at scale, not find the best person for a specific job. Most of those rules are still in place — and most of them are quietly producing worse outcomes than the alternatives.
Degree requirements for roles that don't need degrees. Interview processes that test presentation rather than capability. Reference checks that produce no useful information. The standard hiring playbook is full of practices that persist because they're defensible, not because they work.
Martin Hauck is a fractional HR consultant and…
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