{"id":393,"date":"2006-10-26T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T17:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=393"},"modified":"2006-10-26T12:08:49","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T17:08:49","slug":"hire-great-people-10-simple-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/hire-great-people-10-simple-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Hire Great People: 10 Simple Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monster has some great resources for candidates in preparing, practicing and improving not only their interviewing techniques, but their chances of receiving job offers. Unfortunately, their employer resources are somewhat limited. I did find a good article on hiring &#8211; it is a <a href=\"http:\/\/hiring.monster.com\/resourcecenter\/hiring_people.aspx?ecomad=rcahiringpeople\" target=\"_blank\">list of 10 simple rules<\/a> to follow. Rule no. 1 is by far the best and one we preach here at <em>The Hire Sense<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rule number one is clear, but very counterintuitive: Don&#8217;t ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why not? Because from the beginning of time, executives have been unconsciously cloning themselves, stocking the shelves with vanilla young men from impressive schools. And what has happened to executives and companies that did that? As management guru Rosabeth Kanter observed, they often sink into the soft sand of irrelevance as the rough waters of current reality wash over them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another good one &#8211; Rule 7 &#8211; Test Drive the Candidate:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don&#8217;t be satisfied with references. Remember that many of the most glowing references are given for people others are eager to dump. Include day-long simulations as part of your interview process, or invite applicants to provide you with a portfolio of their best work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I like the idea of &#8220;test driving&#8221; the candidate. In sales, we would recommend that you have the candidate put together a plan outlining their strategy for selling in the role (we have done this before). What companies\/segments\/verticals would they target and what kind of support would they need from the company to implement their plan? You learn much about their strategic and tactical thinking abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster has some great resources for candidates in preparing, practicing and improving not only their interviewing techniques, but their chances of receiving job offers. Unfortunately, their employer resources are somewhat limited. I did find a good article on hiring &#8211; it is a list of 10 simple rules to follow. Rule no. 1 is by far the best and one we preach here at The Hire Sense: Rule number one is clear, but very counterintuitive: Don&#8217;t ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why not? Because from the beginning of time, executives have been unconsciously cloning themselves, stocking the shelves with vanilla young men from impressive schools. And what has&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/hire-great-people-10-simple-rules\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-interview","category-sales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-6l","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":690,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/10-simple-hiring-rules\/","url_meta":{"origin":393,"position":0},"title":"10 Simple Hiring Rules","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Monster.com offers Hire Great People: 10 Simple Rules which contains some straight-forward, sound advice for any hiring activity. 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