Make successful hiring a priority. When you start to get big and you have to fill positions and you’re growing, people tend to take hiring for granted. ‘I need a developer, I need this position, hurry up and get me some resumes.’
It’s easy for me to say because I don’t do much hiring myself, but I hate hearing that, because every single person you hire is absolute gold. They represent you, and they will make or break you over time. We’ve all seen examples where a string of bad hires can kill a company, regardless of where it is in the company. On the other hand, a string of good hires can turn a company from being an average company to being a phenomenal company.
I tell my managers that constantly, and we interview each other’s candidates and talk very critically about how an individual is going to fit in and what they are going to do to help us. What do they know that we don’t know? What can they teach us? What do they bring to the party?
That helps us be very careful about the chemistry and the fit as opposed to just trying to fill a position with a body.
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