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The Rare Find:
If assessors all felt comfortable drawing insights from their own lives… organizations’ ability to make sense of jagged résumés would be far more advanced than it is.
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87 |
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The Rare Find:
In this re-arranged world, hiring becomes a labored exercise in not making mistakes, rather than an ambitious hunt for greatness.
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87 |
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The Rare Find:
In big organizations especially, the notion of hunting for talent in quirky ways evokes shudders. Formulaic conformity feels safer.
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87 |
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The Rare Find:
Anyone who pays close attention over a decade or more will start to see the small clues that presage people’s destinies.
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98 |
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The Rare Find:
The secrets of judging character are right in front of us. All we have to do is use them. Yet many people let those potential insights slip away.
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98 |
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The Rare Find:
…most of us dodge the hard work of extracting lasting truths from the zigzags of our own careers… We would rather settle for a soothing narrative…
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98 |
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The Rare Find:
It takes a special sort of courage to revisit the critical junctures in our lives, and to look at them calmly and with clarity.
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98 |
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The Rare Find:
Spend long enough time in a field, and the winning path becomes evident.
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98 |
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The Rare Find:
The best auditions… reveal profound strengths – and flaws – that might not be obvious otherwise.
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104 |
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The Rare Find:
…well-run auditions can sound the alarm about candidates who seem spectacular on paper but falter on closer inspection.
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104 |
