Advanced Technology Development Center (Atlanta) Presentation: How to Find and Hire Great Talent -
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This document provides tips for finding and hiring great talent. It recommends treating talent acquisition as a process rather than an event by networking online and offline. Companies should hire for passion over pay and structure jobs based on what employees and the company need. When interviewing, ask open-ended questions to learn about candidates' most and least satisfying career experiences. Thoroughly understand your company's culture and values to ensure new hires are a good motivational fit. Maintain talent pools by building relationships on college campuses and through internships.
Advanced Technology Development Center (Atlanta) Presentation: How to Find and Hire Great Talent -
- 1. How to Find and Hire Great Talent ATDC November, 2010
- 2. 10 things 1. Always and everyone 2. This is a sales function 3. Network 4. Social media 5. Your website, blog, etc 6. Share (aka become known) 7. Give back 8. Know yourself 9. Not all about pay 10. Build the funnel 2
- 3. WHAT: It really is pretty easy • Think about it differently • Be a talent scout • Everyplace as an interview • Everyone you meet – Same as you do for sales – Same as for funding • A process, not an event 3
- 4. • Search • Network • Interact & be visible • Post • Use RSS & alerts • Freelance/contract for short-term stuff WHERE: Online & Offline 4 craigslist
- 5. HOW: Want the best? • Hire Artists (a.k.a follow figure53’s lead) • Hire for passion • You have things more powerful than money…give them • Structure jobs for what you need, not tradition • Structure jobs for what they need, not tradition • Consider training • Be objective, not subjective 5
- 7. Understand your DNA • What you want your company to be…inside • Not the standard BS of integrity, teamwork, etc • What works and doesn’t (sometimes this is easier) • Determine 5 total (6 is max) • Hire for this once they can do the job • Radical honesty is key here • Hire and compensate accordingly 7
- 8. Know what to look for • Go for Motivational fit • Tell me about when you have been most satisfied in your career…. • Tell me about when you have been least satisfied in your career….. • SHUT UP…..then ask “why” and “tell me more” • Total of 5 mins per – they should be talking 8
- 9. Some other thoughts • Assess skills, behaviors, aptitude • Decide the tradeoffs between early hires and later • Always be recruiting, have a future view • Problems of “I hire everyone” • Build talent pools (really) – College campuses – be visible – Internships – Keep targets warm • Don’t be afraid to ask…be open 9
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