Criteria used in hiring workers often do not reflect the skills required on job. By comparing trainee performance for newly hired conditional competitive civil service examination scores French public sector workers, we test whether women and men with same score exhibit similar a job-related programme. Both contain anonymous non-anonymous components that observe separately. We find by end of pr...

This article examines how cultural matching relates to a job applicant’s likelihood of getting hired into an organization and identifies the components of cultural similarity that matter most for hiring success. Cultural compatibility at the hiring stage can forecast an individual’s post-hire productivity but is difficult to reliably measure in the selection process. As a consequence, cultural ...

This article presents culture as a vehicle of labor market sorting. Providing a case study of hiring in elite professional service firms, I investigate the often suggested but heretofore empirically unexamined hypothesis that cultural similarities between employers and job candidates matter for employers’ hiring decisions. Drawing from 120 interviews with employers as well as participant observ...

BACKGROUND Community-based HIV, harm reduction, and addiction research increasingly involve members of affected communities as Peer Research Associates (PRAs)-individuals with common experiences to the participant population (e.g. people who use drugs, people living with HIV [PLHIV]). However, there is a paucity of literature detailing the operationalization of PRA hiring and thus limited under...

Putting together a winning team is certainly not a game. It requires skill, diligence, and a little bit of luck. The poker analogy is simply a tool to present critical information in a fun, relevant format. However, with a proactive, pragmatic, and creative approach to hiring, you will improve your odds of successfully hiring the perfect match for your practice. Good luck!