Signs of a Good Hire

Summary

• When hiring someone, it can be tough to know if you've made the right choice at first. However, there are signs that can help you figure it out early on.

• The first sign is looking forward to talking to them again. Enjoying spending time and finding common ground with the person makes it much easier to have a good working relationship.

• The second sign is feeling a sense of relief. This doesn't mean that they've taken a lot off your plate right away, but you feel hopeful. You notice they give good feedback, take on tasks quickly, and you can see that your life will get easier with them on the team.

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How To Take Action

I would suggest implementing these insights to improve your hiring process. First, when you're interviewing someone, think about whether you genuinely look forward to talking to them again. This gut feeling can be a quick, low-cost indicator of the potential for a strong working relationship. If you enjoy spending time with someone and finding common ground, it makes collaboration much more natural and effective.

A good way of doing this is by incorporating casual conversations or icebreaker activities during the interview process. This doesn't take much time or money but can reveal a lot about how well you'll get along with a potential hire.

Secondly, pay attention to your sense of relief with a new hire. Even if they're not immediately lightening your workload, notice if you feel hopeful about their contributions. Are they giving valuable feedback? Are they picking up tasks quickly? This sense of relief can signal that your team dynamics and efficiency will improve.

To implement this, consider having a reflection period after onboarding where you assess not just the new hire’s performance but also your feelings about their integration into the team. This simple reflection can help you decide if someone is the right fit early on without extra costs.

These strategies can guide you in making better hiring decisions, improving your business with minimal investment.

Full Transcript

when you hire someone it's really hard to know at first if you made the right choice but there are leading indicators of if they're the right person I would say the first one is that you actually look forward to getting on the phone with them again it's really hard to build a really great working relationship if you genuinely don't enjoy spending time with the person if you can genuinely enjoy spending time with somebody and find common ground where maybe it's not so obvious that makes it really easy to work with somebody i' would say the second thing is that you should feel immediately a sense of relief now that doesn't mean that they've like suddenly taking a ton off your plate but you feel that there is hope you see that they have good pieces of feedback for you you see that they are taking on things more quickly you see that your life is going to get easier by this person joining the team