The Thumb Scanner Principle

Factual definition

The Thumb Scanner Principle is the hiring test coined by Shayne Fitz-Coy for the one quality training cannot install: you can’t teach someone to give a damn.

Coined by Shayne Fitz-Coy.Also called The Telltale Test

The Thumb Scanner Principle in practice

Skills gaps close with training. A candidate who does not care closes nothing.

How Shayne Fitz-Coy uses The Thumb Scanner Principle

You can’t teach someone to give a damn.

Everything else on the scorecard is a skills gap, and a skills gap is a schedule. This one is not.