Your employees are your company’s most significant asset; a bad hire can cost your business up to 30% of their first-year earnings, so it is important to choose employees wisely.

“Your employees are the difference between success and failure, yet the [recruitment] process that is used is generally ad hoc, rushed, and has little strategy beyond a post-and-pray approach,” Joe Mullings, founder and CEO of The Mullings Group, told business.com.