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10 Insights to STOP WORRYING
AND LOVE HIRING
This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,
founder & host of 33voices®.
Raj Sheth co-founded Recruiterbox, a software that helps em-ployers implement a predictable hiring process. His goal is to make employers successful at hiring, and to that end, the Re-
cruiterbox team is constantly finding ways to make its software the ultimate hiring companion.
Raj Sheth@rsheth81
CEO & Co-Founder of Recruiterbox
Smart companies never leave hiring to chance; they prePARE:
Insight #1
Smart companies never leave hiring to chance; they prePARE:
Problem - They hire to solve a problem: “Why am I hiring for this role?”
Insight #1
Smart companies never leave hiring to chance; they prePARE:
Activities - They define, with supreme clarity what the hire will do to fulfill
the desired objectives
Insight #1
Smart companies never leave hiring to chance; they prePARE:
Requirements - They crystallize the skills and characteristics needed to excel
Insight #1
Smart companies never leave hiring to chance; they prePARE:
Evaluation - They have a process to assess candidates against a specific criteria
Insight #1
Insight #2
In building and growing your team, opt not to identify roles to be filled; and
instead, identify the key problems throughout your organization to be solved.
Insight #3
The most effective job descriptions are clear, concise, and focus on highlighting the key objectives and activities for which
the candidate will be evaluated.
Insight #4
“If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a
company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we
shall become a company of giants.” - David Ogilvy on hiring
Insight #5
In determining the skills and characteristics needed to execute the desired activities,
consider identifying the most accomplished person performing the same exact activity and
highlight her five most important characteristics.
Insight #6
Be vigilant as not to confuse skills and characteristics:
Insight #6
Be vigilant as not to confuse skills and characteristics:Skills are the competencies that
can learned and enhanced
Insight #6
Be vigilant as not to confuse skills and characteristics:
Characteristics are personality traits that are more difficult to change
Insight #7
Companies with predictable hiring success turn these three habits into a discipline:
Insight #7
Companies with predictable hiring success turn these three habits into a discipline:
They Research how the best companies define and fulfill similar roles.
Insight #7
Companies with predictable hiring success turn these three habits into a discipline:
They Define the depth and level of the problem each role solves;
Owners vs Contributors
Insight #7
Companies with predictable hiring success turn these three habits into a discipline:
They measure objectively, and decide subjectively
Insight #8
DON’T rely on RESUMES. Create a focused application instead,
which is specifically designed to find out whether or not a candidate has the skills and characteristics you are looking for.
Insight #9
“Somebody once said that in lookingfor people to hire, you look for three qualities:
integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire
somebody without {integrity}, you really want them to be dumb and lazy.”
- Warren Buffett on hiring
Insight #10
The one skill, above others that anchor high performance is EMPATHY.
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Presentation created by Chase Jennings
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