mis-hire

plural mis-hires

1. Alternative form of mishire.
   1. The act of mishiring.

      If it's been more than six months since the mis-hire, there's apt to be a repeated recruiter cost.

      2001, Don Andersson, Hire for Fit: Select the Right Executive for Your Organization, page 30

      2 more examples

      We have estimated that the dollar cost of a mis-hire of a secretary in our firm is more than $17,000.

      1992, Pat MacMillan, Hiring Excellence: Six Steps to Making Good People Decisions, page 26

      The cost to you and the organization of churning through a mis-hire is very high; so too is the cost to the person who is hired and then let go.

      2012, David Feinleib, Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed, page 37

   2. The person who was mishired.

      Even a handful of mis-hires or dishonest employees can create financial disaster through theft, high turnover or Workers' Compensation fraud.

      1993, Management Review, page 27

      2 more examples

      If a new employee quickly becomes an obvious mis-hire, that person should be let go while keeping to the letter of the laws on hiring and firing.

      1989, Linda W. Case, Remodelers Business Basics, page 37

      Another fifth of the salespeople are constantly battling personal problems, such as divorces, legal problems, chemical dependency; some are lazy, and many are simply mis-hires.

      2005, Dave Yoho, Have a Great Year Every Year, page 124

present singular third person mis-hires · participle present mis-hiring · participle past mis-hired · past mis-hired

1. alternativeAlternative form of mishire.

   If you mis-hired, cut your losses early.

   2001, Jane S. Flaherty, Lifetime Leadership: Leaving Your Legacy, page 313

   2 more examples

   Not only might you mis-hire, but, the legal aspects of these off-handed decisions may prove extremely expensive.

   1998, Robert W. Wendover, Smart Hiring:, page 94

   Recently I met with the heads of human resources of Global 100 companies, and in a confidential survey they stated that their companies mis-hired people 80 per cent of the time and mis-promoted people 75 per cent of the time.

   2012, David Clutterbuck, The Talent Wave, page 7