Recruiting is a ton of work, and entrepreneurs and managers have scant time to focus on it. I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know, because anyone who’s ever tried to fill a position without help knows the mind-numbing frustration that is posting jobs on Craigslist and Monster (or in the newspaper).
Compounding the issue is the fact that finding [...]
Over the years I’ve participated in thousands of searches for my client’s open positions, and as a result the one thing that I am absolutely certain of is that it takes a minimum of three viable finalist candidates - meaning, those who have made it through the selection process to the final step - to yield one [...]
The topic of recruiting could easily fill its own book, and there are no shortage of information (books, blogs) out there for you to sink your teeth into. Here, I’ll give a cursory outline of the recruiting process so that we’re all grounded in the same terminology, but I highly encourage you to explore the [...]
Imagine that you’ve just won the Mega-Lottery for $200 million and have decided to build your dream house. You’re not quite sure how it should look, or even how big it should be. It should definitely be big, though. And you know that your dream house should have a really awesome kitchen. State-of-the-art appliances, a [...]
Remember grade school? (ah, yes…eating paste and playing dodge ball…*sigh*)
Unless you were home-schooled or grew up on a hippie commune, it’s likely that you were subjected to the A-B-C-D-F system that 99% of all schools in the United States use to grade academic performance.
The obvious observation is that, in this system, A’s are the goal. A’s [...]
We’ve discussed that choosing a candidate based on arbitrary factors (and first impressions) is most definitely not a good thing to do. It can lead to costly mis-hires that have far-reaching negative consequences for your business. Now it’s time to turn our attention to the core of this entire methodology - Competency-Based Hiring.
It might sound [...]
When I was in high school, my family took a Saturday trip to Arlington Park, a horse racing track and well-known fixture of suburban Chicago. It was a typical sweltering midwestern summer day, with temperatures hovering just over ninety degrees, and the enormous grandstand was packed with a mish mash of patrons ranging from families [...]
I was talking recently with an entrepreneur friend of mine who runs a successful $4M apparel company. He had called me to ask my opinion of a new position he was looking to fill.
“So, what kind of role are you envisioning?” I asked him.
“Well,” starts my CEO friend, “I’m looking for a ‘controller slash office [...]
You’ve just spent the last year working your tail off to get your business off the ground. You have customers. They like what you’re selling, and they pay you to provide more of it to them. You start working longer and longer days. More invoices to send out. More bills to pay. More systems and [...]