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Recruiting For Behaviours
March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
I am about to go through one of my least favourite processes in a large organisation; recruitment. I have hired a few people over the last couple of years and have had great success in building a strong team. I attribute almost all of this to hiring intelligently.
What is the first thing you look for in a candidate? Technical skill? Qualifications? Experience? For me it is none of these things, it is attitude.
I have found that if you hire someone who is enthusiastic, can communicate excellently and has a basic understanding of the world you are bringing them in to they will thrive. I have always said you can teach the specifics of most jobs to almost anyone but what will make or break them is the things you can’t teach.
You can’t teach someone to care and take pride in improving their world, you can’t teach someone how to support those around them and you can’t teach someone how to rely on their instinct in a pragmatic way. These are the skills you should be hiring for. If you find this person then they will want to learn the rest and they will force themselves to take on the challenge.
My new role will be advertised this week, what do you think I’ll be looking for?
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