Hiring Is Hard Work

摘要

Would you believe that with about 60 years of combined experience, we've made too many hiring mistakes to name just one? It's true. Now, many occurred when we were newer at this game, but picking the right people never gets easy. Indeed, we almost blew it twice recently, saved only by last-minute epiphanies in both cases.rnIncidentally, even as we were in the midst of making these almost - mis -takes, we were cringing a bit, concerned we were offtrack. And yet we forged ahead, feeling simultaneously hopeful and helpless. Our candidates (whose descriptions have been altered to protect their privacy) seemed bright and shiny enough. And we were just so tired of interviewing when there was real work to be done.rnHiring is real work, of course. In fact, given the central importance of your people, it's as important as work gets. And yet, too often we rush headlong into painfully common pitfalls.