10 Things That Make Us Different

You certainly have other choices when you choose the system you want to use to for finding and choosing employees. Here are 10 reasons that we believe will help you make the decision:

Reason # 1 You don't have to "figure out" anything

Most of the systems you run into will require you to "get into" the candidate's head and figure them out. Your odds of successfully doing this are not great. It isn't realistic to believe you are going to figure someone out in a short interview.

Selecting Winners takes all of that guess work out of choosing people. We give you system that makes figuring people out completely unnecessary. You will never be in a position to have to figure anything out.

Reason # 2 You don't have to read people

Too often when hiring you are forced to try to read the candidate. And unfortunately, many of the popular hiring systems only enhance the notion that you should read people. They attempt to give you ways to get better at reading people instead of showing you that you should not even try.

We don't believe that you should have to read people to make a good hiring decision. You wouldn't have to go through 8-10 years of specialized training to become a psychologist if reading people were so easy.

At Selecting Winners we give you a model that eliminates the need for you to read people. We never put you in a position you are not qualified to be in.

Reason # 3 You use skills you already have

Reading people and figuring people out all require new skills. With Selecting Winners you will use skills you already have to gather the data necessary to make great hiring decisions.

Most of the feedback we get from Managers, who are struggling with interviewing, is that they can't get a good read on the person. And they are worried that the candidate may be better at "playing the game" than they are.

Instead of trying to get you to be something different, we take who you are and show you how to use a proven process. We tell everyone that there is no reason they can't be a great interviewer.

Reason # 4 No more guessing if the person will succeed

At the end of the typical interview, you still need guess whether or not the person will be successful on your job. With Selecting Winners you will use the most powerful statistical predictor ever devised. You won't wonder ... you will KNOW that the person will be successful on your job. All the fear, uncertainty and doubt are removed from the decision because you have the data to back-up your decision.

Reason # 5 You never lose control of the interview

Have you ever wondered whether or not you are getting the information you need? Or, are you simply getting what the candidate wants to share with you? The best way to stay in control of the interview is to ask the right types of questions.

To often, competing systems advise you to use questions that allow the candidate stray from the point. Just getting the person to talk is of no value if you aren't getting good data.

With Selecting Winners, you learn to use only the 5 types of questions guaranteed to get the exact information that helps you predict success.

Reason # 6 You won't be lied to

Selecting Winners gives you a four-step process to guarantee you get the truth. You get real data when you ask the right questions in the right order.

Here is an example; A competing system recommends you ask the candidate how they would solve the biggest problem facing your organization. Do you see how this immediately puts you into a position to have to interpret and figure out the answer? What reliable proof do you have that the person will actually do what they say?

We don't believe you should ever be in that position. You will get factual data that makes it simple to predict success when you ask effective questions.

Reason # 7 You will only ask effective questions

Every interview and selection system talks about questions. Almost all of them insist you use open-ended questions designed to get the person talking. Although this might seem to make sense on the surface, we know this is not effective.

Of course you need to get the person talking. But, it is a waste of time if they are not giving you data that helps you predict success. "Give me an example of a problem you solved" is a classic example of a poor open-ended question. Here's why. First, you put the candidate under the pressure of having to figure out an example. Second, you open the door for the candidate to give you the book answer (what they think you want to hear). Third, there is no statistical predictor that shows the person will actually do what they say. And finally, by asking the open-ended question you have lost control. The candidate decides where to go with the conversation.

With Selecting Winners, you will learn to use only effective, closed-ended questions (What was the most difficult problem you faced on the ABC project? How did you deal with that problem?). You will never again have to guess whether or not a question is good.

Reason # 8 You won't fall victim to any of the classic hiring problems

There are any number of hiring problems. Unfortunately, most of them are systemic. This means they are built into the process and therefore you repeat them each and every time.

Selecting Winners has researched every hiring problem and rather than look for a band aid to cover it up, we incorporated techniques into our system to eliminate the root cause. You can't make systemic errors when you are using a proven process.

Reason # 9 You will never "get lost" in an interview

Too many systems have no logical approach to structuring an interview. You end up bouncing all over the person's background. And worse, you are never quite sure where to go next.

Selecting Winners has eliminated this problem by giving you a simple model that organizes the entire interview and selection process. You will never wonder what to ask next or how to keep the conversation on track.

Reason # 10 You don't need a complex decision-making formula

Most of the systems you will consider use complex decision-making formulas involving weighted averages and sophisticated grading systems. Why would you want to complicate this process? We have never figured out how to explain the difference between a 7 and an 8 using a 10 point grading system.

We at Selecting Winners believe the decision should be the easiest part of the process. You get a system that takes advantage of all our data gathering tools to make the decision simple, quick and most important, based on OBJECTIVE data. You will know exactly how to remove most of the subjectivity from the decision. The only reason you should ever hire someone is because you are absolutely convinced they will be successful on your job. And you should not have to agonize over that decision.