Comments on: Leadership and hiring Millenials http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/06/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/ Info, comments and musings on company culture, communications and employee hiring, motivation and retention Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:56:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Miki Saxon http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/06/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/comment-page-1/#comment-54244 Miki Saxon Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:30:38 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/#comment-54244 Right on, Wes. I've always told my clients that everyone needs to learn something when they're new, so be sure to hire for that which is most easily taught, which certainly EXCLUDES attitude. Right on, Wes. I’ve always told my clients that everyone needs to learn something when they’re new, so be sure to hire for that which is most easily taught, which certainly EXCLUDES attitude.

]]> By: Wes Ball http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/06/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/comment-page-1/#comment-54243 Wes Ball Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:46:26 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/#comment-54243 I always found this to be true, even with boomers. Hire for attitude (a desire to grow, create excellence, and satisfy other people's needs) as long as the person had basic skills, an ability and willingness to learn, and basic "manners." Skills, and especially what looked like past experience, never paid off. I did far better taking inexperienced persons and training them to be better than they were. Everyone who worked at my shop and lasted for more than a month was worth a lot more when they left than when they started, and I got great value (and often greater loyalty) out of them. I always found this to be true, even with boomers. Hire for attitude (a desire to grow, create excellence, and satisfy other people’s needs) as long as the person had basic skills, an ability and willingness to learn, and basic “manners.” Skills, and especially what looked like past experience, never paid off. I did far better taking inexperienced persons and training them to be better than they were.

Everyone who worked at my shop and lasted for more than a month was worth a lot more when they left than when they started, and I got great value (and often greater loyalty) out of them.

]]> By: New Beginnings in a Challenging Economy http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2008/06/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/comment-page-1/#comment-54242 New Beginnings in a Challenging Economy Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:10:00 +0000 http://www.mappingcompanysuccess.com/leadership-and-hiring-millenials/#comment-54242 [...] over at Leadership Turn thinks that even in a slowdown companies need a few good people - Leadership and Hiring Millennials, so what’s the most important factor to look for–especially when hiring [...] [...] over at Leadership Turn thinks that even in a slowdown companies need a few good people – Leadership and Hiring Millennials, so what’s the most important factor to look for–especially when hiring [...]

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