Most Likely to Succeed
How do we hire when we can’t tell who’s right for the job?
On the day of the big football game between the University of Missouri Tigers and the Cowboys of Oklahoma State, a football scout named Dan Shonka sat in his hotel, in Columbia, Missouri, with a portable DVD player. Shonka has worked for three National Football League teams. Before that, he was a football coach, and before that he played linebacker—although, he says, “that was three knee operations and a hundred pounds ago.” Every year, he evaluates ... Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero - via New Yorker
Mr. Shonka say's "in a great piece of pie, that was just a slice." Fascinating. It's surprising the massive amount of work it takes just to find an average Quarterback. If educators took 1/10 of the time to evaluate a teacher, this country would not be in bottom 10 in international school. I had one teacher that saved my life. I was a little wild, would't study, or even pay attention. This man, an Afro-American as if it makes a difference, took me aside, paid a little more attention to me, and made me feel like I could be anything. To this Man, where ever you are, GO With God.