According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, two-thirds of American businesses have faced lower productivity and reduced employee morale due to a bad hire.

According to a Harvard Business School study, 76% of turnover can be traced back to poor interviewing practices and bad hiring decisions.

What are the holes that exist in most employee selection processes that cause needless hiring mistakes? (multiple answers permitted)

Excellent job skills means an applicant can do the job, however, it does not necessarily mean he or she will do it better than most everyone else.

Behavior-based interview questions can give interviewers a false sense of confidence that they are gathering quality applicant information when they aren't.

If you see signs or hear examples of an applicant taking initiative, it's a reliable indicator the applicant is self-motivated.

Given enough time and hands-on interviewing experience, most interviewers will eventually learn how to correctly identify high achievers.

Which statement is true about high achievers (people who achieve above-average results)?

Most unmotivated employees were great hires but they changed after they were hired due to poor management, unrealistic job expectations and/or unsatisfactory working conditions.

An applicant with great job skills will always out-perform a job applicant with lesser skill.