Recruit with emotion, justify with reason?

There is an old adage that in sales people ‘buy using ‘emotion’ and then use logic to justify their purchases. Does the same apply in recruitment? And if so, is it right?
Tue, 12 March 2013 | By Dr Colin Mackenzie

There is an old adage that in sales people buy using emotion and then use logic to justify their purchases. Does the same apply in recruitment? And if so, is it right?

Of course, some factors in employee selection, such as age, religion and sex, are simply illegal. How far do personal preferences interfere in the selection...

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