Comments on: How To Win When You Hire http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/03/how-to-win-when-you-hire/ 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/2009/03/how-to-win-when-you-hire/comment-page-1/#comment-52521 Miki Saxon Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:30:25 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=2582#comment-52521 Hi Denis, I agree with what you said in your post (thanks for the link). Here are <a href="http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?s=minimum+hiring+rule" rel="nofollow">three posts</a> to clarify what I meant by the 'right person'; the term certainly wasn't meant to indicate the perfect hire. As you said, there is no such thing. As to retention, I've always considered it the flip side of hiring, since there is no way you can retain a bad "fit"—nor should you want to! Hi Denis, I agree with what you said in your post (thanks for the link). Here are three posts to clarify what I meant by the ‘right person’; the term certainly wasn’t meant to indicate the perfect hire. As you said, there is no such thing.

As to retention, I’ve always considered it the flip side of hiring, since there is no way you can retain a bad “fit”—nor should you want to!

]]> By: Denis http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/2009/03/how-to-win-when-you-hire/comment-page-1/#comment-52520 Denis Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:30:32 +0000 http://mappingcompanysuccess.com/?p=2582#comment-52520 I wrote in the past (http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/18/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-right-person/) about the right person. Although there certainly is the wrong person and even more frequently the wrong reason or spec. Thanks for your insights on why many managers are so bad at hiring. I also think that really the last point, retention, requires a lot of the same skills as hiring: it involves appreciating what the person brings to your team, what are her strength, weaknesses and very importantly interests. In other words you have to have a real appreciation for the person you (would) work with to be successful... I wrote in the past (http://digitalbrikes.com/onebrikeatatime/2008/06/18/there-is-no-such-thing-as-the-right-person/) about the right person. Although there certainly is the wrong person and even more frequently the wrong reason or spec.

Thanks for your insights on why many managers are so bad at hiring.

I also think that really the last point, retention, requires a lot of the same skills as hiring: it involves appreciating what the person brings to your team, what are her strength, weaknesses and very importantly interests. In other words you have to have a real appreciation for the person you (would) work with to be successful…

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