
Dan Squires
- Apr 18, 2018
- 4 min
David & Goliath: The Art & Science of the Underdog Search
In a previous post titled, “When a Seemingly Perfect Candidate May be Fool’s Gold”, I presented a candidate case study we call here at BSG a “false positive.” This time I’m directing the focus to the opposite—the risk of rejecting a great candidate just because they don’t have the perfect looking profile. Said another way, how to avoid the mistake of rejecting a “false negative” candidate. In contrast to false positives that look like a Ferrari but drive like a Yugo (no of