{"id":4966,"date":"2026-06-15T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:07:08","slug":"du-hinner-inte-rekrytera-fel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/du-hinner-inte-rekrytera-fel\/","title":{"rendered":"You cannot afford to hire the wrong person."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-2-color has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8a948fcd4b66e2f7e52f135533eb4a70 is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5df458af wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:16px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A bad hire at the management level costs, on average, 6\u201312 months' salary. That is the figure that usually gets quoted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it does not capture what really costs.\nIt is not just salary and recruitment fees. It is the team that lost confidence. The person who resigned because the situation became unbearable. The six months spent trying to work out what actually went wrong. The culture that quietly shifted under that person's leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of that shows up on a single line in the accounts. But it is there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why does it happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost always for the same reason: nobody was entirely clear on what they were looking for when the process started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That sounds harsh. But it is true. Most recruitment processes begin with a rough idea of what is needed \u2014 and hope that the right person will define themselves along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That does not work. And it is not the candidate's fault. It is the process.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Gut feeling is not a method<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I meet a lot of managers who are good at reading people. They are proud of it. And it is a valuable quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But gut feeling in recruitment is not a method \u2014 it is a confirmation of what you have already decided. The research is detailed on this. We confirm what we already believe, we favor people who remind us of ourselves, and we interpret ambiguity in the direction we want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Structured recruitment protects you from your own biases. That is not a statement about your competence. It is a statement about your humanity.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What structured recruitment actually means<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does not mean making the process heavy or bureaucratic. It means making it accurate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En <a href=\"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/tre-fragor-innan-du-borjar-rekrytera\/\">kravprofil<\/a> som definierar vad du faktiskt beh\u00f6ver \u2013 inte vad du tror att du beh\u00f6ver. Strukturerade intervjufr\u00e5gor som m\u00e4ter samma sak hos alla kandidater. Personbed\u00f6mning som ger dig ett objektivt underlag. Referenstagning som verkligen s\u00f6ker information \u2013 inte bara bekr\u00e4ftelse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not more work. It is the right work.<br>What it costs to do it right \u2014 and what it costs to get it wrong<br>En v\u00e4lgjord <a href=\"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/rekrytera-nu-inte-i-september\/\">rekryteringsprocess<\/a> kostar tid och ibland pengar. Det \u00e4r sant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But compared to what a bad hire costs \u2014 in salary, in time, in team dynamics, in trust \u2014 it is never a discussion worth having.<br>You cannot afford to hire the wrong person. That is not a call for perfectionism. It is a business statement.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>If you have thoughts, questions, or simply want to talk something through \u2014 feel free to get in touch. I am happy to have an initial conversation with no agenda.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M-SV2-skuggram.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4963\" style=\"width:150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M-SV2-skuggram.png 595w, https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M-SV2-skuggram-214x300.png 214w, https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/M-SV2-skuggram-9x12.png 9w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Magdalena Hagstr\u00f6m St\u00e5hl <br>By M Consulting AB <br><br><em>Right person. Right place. Everything changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bad hire at the executive level costs more than salary and recruitment fees. It costs you the team, the trust, and the culture. And it almost always starts with not knowing what you were looking for when the process began.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rekrytering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4966"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4972,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4966\/revisions\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}