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How to Recruit Top Talent for Your Startup
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Featuring hiring insights from these successful startups: Joyus: https://www.joyus.com/ Canva: https://www.canva.com/ CustomMade: http://www.custommade.com/?afid=117104&utm_source=googleadwordssearch&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand&utm_term=custom%20made&utm_content=46562772196&gclid=CNiB0fPDh8ECFZKBfgodmJIAfg Hello Doctor: https://hello.do/ Sailthru: http://me.sailthru.com/Sailthru-for-eCommerce.html?gclid=CMTz2arPosACFSdp7AodcgYA6Q&gclid=CKvkoILEh8ECFZSIfgodBHIADA Treehouse:http://treehouse.com/ Cover: http://www.paywithcover.com/ YPlan: http://yplanapp.com/ Livefyre: http://web.livefyre.com/ MAZ: http://www.mazdigital.com/
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HOW TO RECRUIT TOP TALENT
CHAPTER 1
TARGETING POTENTIAL HIRES
INSPIRED BY:JOYUS
As CEO, hiring is the most direct way you can impact your company’s growth.
Think twice before outsourcing - no one can pitch the vision like you can.
INSPIRED BY:JOYUS
Reach out to individuals directly. Regardless of their decision to accept your meeting,
receiving a letter from the CEO represents the culture at your startup and indicates that you value their
work and will continue to in the future.
INSPIRED BY:CANVA
Whether on LinkedIn, at conferences or through references actively capitalize
on every opportunity to add to your team.
INSPIRED BY:CUSTOMMADE
Identify the traits of your most successful employees and hire people who share
their [positively contagious] characteristics.
INSPIRED BY:Hello Doctor
To accelerate your growth, identify team members who are willing to work for options.
INSPIRED BY:CANVA
Set your hiring bar high to ensure that each new hire has the skills, personality and cultural fit for your startup. Once you’ve identified them
do everything in your power to get them.
CHAPTER 2
THE INTERVIEW
INSPIRED BY:Sailthru
Opt for a verbal resume rather than a written one. As a potential hire shares theirstory, engage with each of their opportunities
to evaluate the motives behind their decisions.
INSPIRED BY:Treehouse
Use the question “Why do you want to work here?” as the highest commitment. If they don’t respond with an intense desire to serve your customer it’s likely not the right fit.
INSPIRED BY:Cover
To predict how an individual will represent your brand test their communication and
problem solving skills by having them respond to a mock customer service request. Their
answer will illuminate their ability and patience to explain your work to a
customer who may not understand it.
INSPIRED BY:YPlan
Facilitate meaningful discussions to evaluate an individual’s emotional and intellectual intelligence.
Run them through possible business scenarios and ask how they would respond.
INSPIRED BY:CustomMade
To test for humility, be cognizant of an individual’s choice to say “I” or “we” when referring to past experiences.
INSPIRED BY:CustomMade
Determine an individuals social skills by watching them interact with your team - Did they communicate with others or keep to themselves during their time in the office?
INSPIRED BY:MAZ Digital
Be willing to take risks - As CEO you’re responsible for intuitively gauging
a person’s potential rather than solely focusing on their past experiences.
CHAPTER 3
THE DECISION
INSPIRED BY:Joyus
References are a top indicator of an individual’s work ethic - Ask whether your
potential hire resided in the top 1, 5 or 10 % of people the reference has ever hired and
base your decision on that response.
INSPIRED BY:LiveFyre
Now that you’ve brought them on, forget 90 day trial periods and test projects.
Communicate your trust to new team members from day one and you’ll not only empower them
to be bold and take risks, but you will havegiven them something to lose.
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