Making A Million Dollar Decision

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

The decision to hire a new employee represents a huge investment for a company, yet it is one that often receives little detailed attention. According to David P. Jones, Ph.D., newest member of the HireDesk Board of Directors and former global head of human resources and change management consulting with Aon Consulting, many corporations spend more time assessing the comparative merits of office equipment than they do a new employee—despite the fact that they will spend far more on the employee.

In this exclusive interview, long-time international technology journalist Geof Wheelwright talks to Dr. Jones about best practices in hiring—and how the technology which underpins the new HireDesk Corporate Recruiter solution can be applied to ensure that companies achieve the best possible quality of hiring.

There is little about attracting and screening future employees that David P. Jones, Ph.D. doesn't know. As president of HRStrategies, the company he founded and later sold to Aon Corporation, and now as president of Growth Ventures Inc., Dr. Jones helps the world's largest companies create solutions to hire and retain great employees—while also helping them avoid legal pitfalls.

In this interview, he shares his insights about what companies can do to improve the quality of their hiring programs—a process that he says starts with understanding the magnitude of the investment a company makes when it hires a new employee.