Sacred Cows and Silly Practices Die Slowly in Recruiting Sacred Cows and Silly Practices Die Slowly

Recruiting is full of practices that seem to last forever. Unfortunately, many practices endure for years despite the fact that they add no value to the hiring process. I call these well-established practices “sacred cows” because many lon-gtime recruiters and hiring managers vigorously defend them even though both company and academic data shows that they should be discarded.