{"id":116267,"date":"2023-10-27T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=116267"},"modified":"2023-11-02T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:28:44","slug":"hiring-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hiring-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Most Effective Hiring Criteria for Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the best hiring criteria for recruiters to follow? Should you look for the best of the best in your line of work?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most companies get skilled employees by identifying the most talented workers in their industry and stealing them away from other companies. However, Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson advise against doing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out below what Fried and Hansson recommend doing instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-don-t-hunt-for-talented-employees-create-them\"><strong>Don\u2019t Hunt for Talented Employees\u2014Create Them<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Transplanting successful employees from other companies can end in disaster if the new recruits struggle to adjust to your organization. Fried and Hansson argue that <strong>the more reliable strategy is to hire employees who show promise and help them reach their full potential.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Some experts argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/new-employee-training\/\">training employees<\/a> rather than poaching them from other companies doesn\u2019t just result in better work. This approach also <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2022\/03\/what-to-do-if-your-employees-keep-getting-poached\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">makes it more difficult for other companies to poach employees from you<\/a>. Training employees to flourish at work is an act of support, and it leads people to believe that you\u2019ll continue supporting them for as long as they work with you. Such well-supported employees are less likely to leave if other companies try to poach them. You can reinforce this promise of future support by mapping out long-term career paths at your organization.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-three-effective-hiring-criteria\">Three Effective Hiring Criteria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This mindset of <em>creating<\/em> rather than <em>hunting for<\/em> employees means that your hiring criteria will look different from the industry standard. Fried and Hansson recommend ignoring traditional r\u00e9sum\u00e9 items such as a prestigious education or impressive past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/job-titles\/\">job titles<\/a>. Instead, ask yourself three questions to determine whether someone has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/potential-to-grow\/\">potential to grow<\/a> into an exceptional employee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First, are they likable?<\/strong> For the good of the team, make sure to only hire people that everyone would be excited to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Gary Vaynerchuk (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/crush-it\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Crush It!<\/em><\/a>) argues that an employee\u2019s personality can be more important than the work they\u2019re capable of doing. He elaborates that likable employees don\u2019t just make the workplace more enjoyable, they <a href=\"https:\/\/garyvaynerchuk.com\/firing-employees-who-are-talented-but-toxic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">also make it more <em>productive<\/em><\/a>. Antisocial employees force their coworkers to spend time figuring out how to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/conflict-resolution-methods\/\">interpersonal conflict<\/a> instead of getting real work done.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second, do they add a unique perspective to the team?<\/strong> Hiring people from a wide range of diverse backgrounds helps the team produce good ideas and better serve a wider range of customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Diversity arguably yields these benefits not only on an organizational level, but also on the level of teams within your organization. In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/range\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Range<\/em><\/a>, David Epstein asserts that managers can spark more valuable insights by <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/range\/part-3-3#team-diversity-enables-innovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">encouraging employees to periodically work with different teams<\/a>, increasing the range of diverse backgrounds each team has access to.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Third, what tangible work have they personally done?<\/strong> Fried and Hansson note that the work someone typically lists on their r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is too vague or exaggerated to illustrate what they\u2019re actually capable of. Use the interview to uncover what specific <em>tasks<\/em> they executed in past jobs rather than inferring their skill sets based on their previous work experience. This allows you to avoid onboarding workers who appear valuable on paper but end up being a costly mismatch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, imagine you hire a former software engineer from a prestigious company to be a manager at your new tech startup. Unfortunately, the leadership responsibilities and disorganized startup environment are too overwhelming for them, and they end up resigning after six weeks. If you had instead hired someone who\u2019d managed a scrappy team before, they likely would\u2019ve succeeded as a manager for your startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: In <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/rework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Rework<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> Fried and Hansson <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/rework\/chapter-9#principle-5-don-t-trust-resumes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elaborate on what they look for during the hiring process<\/a>. They note that <em>cover letters<\/em> are often more reliable indicators of how well a candidate will fit than r\u00e9sum\u00e9 credentials\u2014a well-written cover letter demonstrates that the candidate is a good communicator (<a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/rework\/chapter-9#principle-8-hire-people-who-can-write\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an invaluable skill<\/a>) and reveals how passionate the candidate is about your specific organization. Judging a cover letter may be effective for the same reason as judging tasks applicants have done at past jobs: The cover letter itself is work they\u2019ve produced entirely on their own and serves as firsthand evidence of their skills.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the best hiring criteria for recruiters to follow? Should you look for the best of the best in your line of work? 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