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Greenlit: Who’s the Boss? BBC2

By ⋅ February 9, 2016 ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ ⋅Post a comment
Who’s the Boss? (3 x 60′) – Putting a workforce in charge of hiring their own boss might appear like a very risky recruitment strategy, but as more businesses turn to ‘collaborative hiring’ in a search for the best candidates for the job, a this show visits three organisations giving it a try for the first time.

Aberdeenshire-based craft beer company BrewDog, national fruit and veg supplier Reynolds, and Beech’s, a fine chocolate manufacturer based in Preston, are all looking to appoint middle managers. But this time, power will be in the hands of the employees, and not the bosses, to decide on the right person for the job.

There’s a further twist. The candidates think they’re taking part in an immersive week-long job interview. Instead, the applicants will be put through their paces during five days of challenging assessments and tasks without knowing that, behind the scenes, employees are watching, scrutinising and scoring their every move. At the end, with the candidates in the hiring line, the workers vote on who gets the job.

Will the candidates make the right first impression? Will company bosses be happy with their workers’ choice? Will you agree with the final outcome?

With 80 per cent of employee turnover being down to poor recruitment decisions, could collaborative hiring change the way traditional British companies hire people?

 

Channel: BBC2

TX: TBC

Source: press release

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