The quality of the resident recruitment and selection process makes a big difference for any radiology department. Selection and recruitment are among the most important activities of any organization. Bring great people on board, and the organization will tend to thrive. Bring the wrong people on board, and delivering the organization's mission successively will beco-medifficult. The outputs of any organization, including a radiology residency program, hinge powerfully on the inputs to the program, and human resources represent perhaps the single most important input decision. Careful selection of the best resident applicants will strengthen the whole program.