Hire on character

The Nobel Laureate Prof. C. V. Raman after retirement wished to open a Research Institute in Bangalore. So he gave advertisement in the news papers for recruiting three posts.
Lots of eager Scientists applied thinking that even if they were not selected, they would at least get an opportunity to meet the Nobel Laureate.
In the preliminary selection, five candidates were selected and the final interview was to be taken by Prof. C V Raman himself.
Three were selected out of the five.
Next day Prof Raman was taking a walk and found one young man waiting to meet him. He realized that it was the same man who was not selected. The Prof asked him what was the problem and he replied that there was no problem at all, but after finishing the interview the office had paid him Rs 7 extra than his claim and he wanted to return it. But because the accounts had closed, they could not take back the amount and asked him to enjoy. The man said that it is not right for him to accept the money which did not belong to him. Prof C V Raman told him so you wish to return the Rs 7 and he took the money from him.
After going few steps forward the Prof asked the young man to meet him the next day at 10.30 am. The man was happy that he would get an opportunity to meet the great man again.
When he met the Prof next day the Nobel Laureate told the young man “son, you failed in the Physics test but you have passed the honesty test. So I have created another post for you”. The young man was surprised and very happy to join.
Later on he too became a Nobel Laureate. This young man was Prof. S. Chandrashekhar
Learning from the story
1. Hire for attitude & character. Hiring on honesty produced a great scientist for India and today we are proud of his achievements.
2. There are 3 components to everyone’s personality. Knowledge, skills & attitude. First 2 can be acquired but building right attitude takes even life times.
Questions to ask ourselves⁉
1. Am hiring on skills or Attitude?
2. How do I attract right character people to my organisation?
3. How do I retain right character people in my organisation?
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