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Hiring lessons I’ve learned from my most successful start-up clients 🙌 Create an intentional culture from day 1 State your values, policies and behaviours from the start and entrench them. They should transcend everything. There is nothing more powerful for candidate attraction and employee retention 🆙 Set a high bar Don’t settle for scrappy and haphazard when what you require is excellence. Think laterally and hire for skill/potential as opposed to pedigree and track record. You can’t build a high-performing team if you don’t set a high bar from the start 📢 Over-explain Don’t assume potential employees know (or care) what you’re building. They need to be sold on why it’s great and why they should get involved. Explain the product, the vision and the roadmap as though they have no prior knowledge. Take them on the journey to truly sell the opportunity. 🕸 Don’t overcomplicate processes Hiring should be methodical but the process shouldn’t be overly complex. Don’t force candidates to jump through unnecessary hoops. As an early-stage start-up, you need to move quickly and be decisive. Aim for a 3-4 stages (MAX) and allow plenty of time for questions so the candidate knows exactly what they are getting into (warts and all)! ✅ Use referrals or a headhunter you trust whenever possible Fast-paced, ambitious start-ups don’t have the bandwidth to rely on job posting, lengthy filtering and screening processes pre-interview. Hiring needs to be swift and decisive (without compromising on quality). Ask peers/fellow-founders you respect for intros to the best people they know, or retain a great headhunter whose standards align with yours. Start-ups that have a clear uncompromising formula for hiring build foundations for companies that thrive 🚀 What’s your secret to effective hiring in a start-up? ___________________________________________ 🔔 Follow me Kelly Gauthier for thoughts on AI and recruitment best practice ♻ Repost to share with your network ✌🏽Have a great day
Another super helpful post, Kelly! So true about setting a high-bar. Sometimes you end up hiring in haste to fill a position, which may or may not work out. We always ask ourselves this question 'how is this person better at X job that us?' - if we can do the job to the same standard as them, we don't hire them!
Create a culture and build upon it. Don’t just asume it will always be there. Hire people that align with that culture. We see a lot of companies not putting any effort on their processes. While streamlined and optimized processes help with faster onboarding, faster and more profitable growth and better customer and employee satisfaction among others.
These are solid advices 👍
These are really useful, thanks Kelly
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