{"id":5089,"date":"2026-08-20T08:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:12:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:12:03","slug":"25-ar-av-chefrekrytering-vad-jag-lart-mig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/25-ar-av-chefrekrytering-vad-jag-lart-mig\/","title":{"rendered":"What 25 years in the industry have taught me about hiring managers."},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have recruited managers at every level. From team leaders to CEOs. In companies of ten and companies of a thousand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there is a common denominator in the recruitments that have gone wrong \u2014 and there is \u2014 it is often this: they hired for what they needed yesterday, not what they need tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most common mistake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The job profile mirrors the previous incumbent's CV. That tends to linger. You describe what you had rather than what you need. And then you look for someone who resembles the person who left \u2014 just slightly better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That works poorly when the company is in the same situation as before. It works considerably less well when the company is heading in a new direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vad psychometric assessment<\/a> ger \u2013 och inte ger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jag \u00e4r certifierad i flera psykometriska verktyg<\/a> och anv\u00e4nder dem i rekryteringsprocesser. Men jag \u00e4r noga med att de ger en bild av hur en person tenderar att fungera \u2013 inte ett definitivt svar p\u00e5 vem de \u00e4r eller vad de kommer att g\u00f6ra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest mistake I see is using such a tool as a definitive answer rather than one of several data points. It must always be interpreted in relation to the role, the organization, and the specific leadership assignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What tends to make the difference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I think back on the recruitments I am most proud of \u2014 the ones that actually changed something for the company \u2014 they share one quality: the client was willing to challenge their own picture of what they needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

De b\u00e4sta rekryteringsuppdragen jag har gjort har framf\u00f6r allt handlat om att hitta r\u00e4tt kandidat<\/a>. De har handlat om att hj\u00e4lpa bolaget att f\u00f6rst\u00e5 vad r\u00e4tt faktiskt innebar i just deras situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is an entirely different thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Right person. Right place. Everything changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A personal perspective on what distinguishes a well-thought-out executive recruitment process from a poor one \u2013 and the mistakes I\u2019ve seen being made time and time again, often for the same reason.<\/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":[13,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rekrytering","category-reflektion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","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=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5299,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions\/5299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bymconsulting.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}