mis-hire

English

Noun

mis-hire (plural mis-hires)

1. Alternative form of mishire
   1. The act of mishiring.
      • 1992, Pat MacMillan, Hiring Excellence: Six Steps to Making Good People Decisions, page 26:

        We have estimated that the dollar cost of a mis-hire of a secretary in our firm is more than $17,000.

      • 2001, Don Andersson, Hire for Fit: Select the Right Executive for Your Organization, page 30:

        If it's been more than six months since the mis-hire, there's apt to be a repeated recruiter cost.

      • 2012, David Feinleib, Why Startups Fail: And How Yours Can Succeed, page 37:

        The cost to you and the organization of churning through a mis-hire is very high; so too is the cost to the person who is hired and then let go.

   2. The person who was mishired.
      • 1989, Linda W. Case, Remodelers Business Basics, page 37:

        If a new employee quickly becomes an obvious mis-hire, that person should be let go while keeping to the letter of the laws on hiring and firing.

      • 1993, Management Review, page 27:

        Even a handful of mis-hires or dishonest employees can create financial disaster through theft, high turnover or Workers' Compensation fraud.

      • 2005, Dave Yoho, Have a Great Year Every Year, page 124:

        Another fifth of the salespeople are constantly battling personal problems, such as divorces, legal problems, chemical dependency; some are lazy, and many are simply mis-hires.

Verb

mis-hire (third-person singular simple present mis-hires, present participle mis-hiring, simple past and past participle mis-hired)

1. Alternative form of mishire
   • 1998, Robert W. Wendover, Smart Hiring:, page 94:

     Not only might you mis-hire, but, the legal aspects of these off-handed decisions may prove extremely expensive.

   • 2001, Jane S. Flaherty, Lifetime Leadership: Leaving Your Legacy, page 313:

     If you mis-hired, cut your losses early.

   • 2012, David Clutterbuck, The Talent Wave, page 7:

     Recently I met with the heads of human resources of Global 100 companies, and in a confidential survey they stated that their companies mis-hired people 80 per cent of the time and mis-promoted people 75 per cent of the time.

Anagrams

• Shirime