Three Hard Truths About Hiring

In this month's video, we cover the following topics in detail:

1. You will never be fully staffed.
2. Everyone on your team should have something that gets them up in the morning. 
3. Ensure they are distraction-free.

Let's dig into what we've learned over the years!

You Will Never Be Fully Staffed

The reality is, you are always just one life change, better offer, or disagreement away from having an open position on your staff. It's important to recognize and prepare for that. How?

Always be recruiting! That doesn't mean you should have positions posted online or send out job descriptions constantly. But it does mean to keep an eye out for people who would be a good fit and could jump into your team and quickly make an impact. 

Make Sure They Have Something That Gets Them Up In the Morning

Everyone on your team should have an internal drive that encourages them to bring intention and excellence to their role. For us, the best way we've found to test and see if your new hire has that is to use a probationary period. This is a way for you to interact with them for an extended period of time and see if you can spot this drive. 

Of course, this is easy if the person is not currently working, but this can be complicated if they are currently employed somewhere else. In the video, Jeff discusses some ideas of how you can make both of these work. 

Eliminate the Distractions

What we mean by this is to bring on candidates who are not currently working with another organization. We have found that when team members have another commitment, it can be unclear what work they should prioritize and which company 'comes first.'

It's not fair to put your employee in that situation to have to choose.

Thoughts?

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