Happy March! Spring is upon us! With March also comes St. Patrick’s Day. How often have you heard about the “luck o’ the Irish” at this time? This made me think about the need for luck in hiring. Strong companies rely on solid employees if they want to provide high-quality service to clientele as well as to spark new ideas and bring diversity to the table. However, weaker employees can not only prevent such success, but can actually cause harm to the process. I have heard business owners and managers lament such situations: “Everything would be perfect if I didn’t have to deal with employees!” How can this situation emerge? What is the difference between hiring employees that create life for the company over those that drag the company down? The answer is often this: companies find themselves in a perceived rush to bring in help that they fail to assess whether a potential employee really is the best fit. The result: they hire people who do not truly belong. Talk about some bad luck