A Guide to Hiring Adaptive Employees - USAID LEARN (n.d.)

Adaptive employees are "individuals, regardless of title, who in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, systematically acquire and use knowledge to make decisions and adjustments in their work in order to achieve greater impact".

This tool was developed by the USAID-funded USAID LEARN mechanism to assist organisations wanting to hire staff skilled in adaptive management. It will help answer the questions:

  1. Which competencies should I recruit for in order to hire more adaptive employees?
  2. Which desired qualifications should I incorporate into position descriptions to attract adaptive employees?
  3. Which interview questions should I ask to screen for adaptive employee competencies?
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