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Hiring the wrong person costs a fortune

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Making a bad hiring decision is worse than making no decision at all. The combined fallout of plummeting team morale, botched projects, and the inevitable severance payout means a single bad hire can cost an organization triple what they would have paid a competent employee.

Hiring the wrong person costs a fortune
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