Hiring Talent

Everyone who hires people knows it is important to make a good hire but I often find those same people do not know how important hiring a good person is.

Hiring a talented person who is a great job/team fit takes energy. Here are some steps to support you when you make that next great hire:

1. Interrupt your normal work mode. To think that hiring a team mate does not take time and a new focus is crazy. Professional sports teams have a draft season where everything else stops so they can concentrate on next years talent. They take the time to focus on their choices and make the call.

2. Use your recruiter as a partner. Rely on your recruiter internal or external to understand the job scope and find you a good base line of people to hire from. Set the expectation with them that everyone you see you should be able to do the job tasks and you want to be able to make the final decision on team fit. If you don;t have a recruiter, be your own talent scout and do the work of a recruiter.

3. Commit to the time. You need to understand that it take time to hire a great new employee. I once went through 75 applicants only to come back to the first resume I looked at. At that point though I was confident that she was the right hire.

4. Make the hire and then on board your new person with celebration and training. Don't put your new person through the gauntlet. Don't make them "pay their dues". Give them the objectives, expectations and tools needed to jump in right away and add value. You'll be happy you did.

Value the new hire enough to take the time to make the process come together.