Jonathan Schultz's Linkedin Analytics

11 WORDS I help leaders find the hiring equivalent to product-market-fit. GAME CHANGED Remember when hiring was annoying, but doable? Post, slog, wrong fits, frustration. Need more pipe, throw money at it. Things are changing. Workforce is different. Old ways don’t work. Impossibly, hiring seems even more competitive. Deep down, we’re not even sure our good hires are ok, ‘cause many just don’t make. It's not the pipeline, nor your interview technique. It's how you THINK about hiring, people and culture. It's easy to mindlessly slip into treating people more like hardware. But, selecting based on skills alone is destroying our culture, and leaving us with skilled people who don’t fit. THE NEW STRATEGY Hire the right people by giving them meaningful work, learning, growth and impact. It requires less friction; and creates a team culture that fosters strong bonds, based on trust and respect. Reality: HR initiatives that fabricate respect and pretend to be unbiased, have the opposite effect. Don't see it? It's ok. They do. It's your blind spot. The problem is hiring process that fails to attract, and can’t dependably assess fit. This feeling of disrespect causes good candidates to opt-out early, even some despite the fact they need a job. RULES DON’T DEFY LOGIC Don’t think a list of skills will attract today’s workforce. And unlike in the past, they won’t stay if the role’s not a fit. The key is to understand the human factors at play. And interview candidates from a from a full 360° vantagepoint. LEVERAGE HUMAN NATURE There’s little chance of getting good results with incomplete data. Hiring that builds successful teams requires “two” not “one” well informed decision. Interviews that aren’t transparent, intentionally withholding details because I think I can “sell them” into the job, is a recipe for recruiting-caused-problems. Strategy backfire! It’s time to consider what ‘you’re not saying’, is communicating. Because see it or not, the message is clear! CONSULTANCY -- NOT AGENCY Dedicated Search - is done-for-you, full slate of ‘qualified’ candidates and assessment optimization. Personal Pipeline Alchemy - is a top secret, done-with-you, service where we position you to hire-at-will for future positions with a pre-built passive pipeline. [It’s not what you think, it’s better.] MY EXPERIENCE - Top agency recruiter; support hyper growth startups - Built numerous VC startups, as insider; variety TA roles - 26 years helping software leaders build cohesive teams 512-560-6337 Jonathan<at>hireinreverse.com