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Employees, employers question hiring decisions

As half of new employees regret taking their job offers this year, many employers are also unsure whether they made the right hiring decisions, particularly as one in eight new hires did not work out in the past year.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on December 27, 2012

As half of new employees regret taking their job offers this year, many employers are also unsure whether they made the right hiring decisions, particularly as one in eight new hires did not work out in the past year, according to a study by Development Dimensions International.

“There is a great paradox in that both unemployment and the number of open positions hover at uncomfortably high levels — and simultaneously, organizations and candidates are shaky about the decisions they made in staffing and accepting roles this year,” says Dr. Scott Erker, senior vice president for DDI’s Selection Solutions and the study’s co-author. 

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