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Hiring Wrong--and Right

How fast should you move when you sense you've made a hiring mistake?

BusinessWeek -- The Welch Way imageBusinessWeek ccolumnists Jack & Suzy Welch say very fast. So fast, in fact, that it you're moving at the right speed, it will probably feel too fast. And you have to fight like hell against the three hiring impulses that get managers into trouble most often

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