The simple fact is this: The growth of your start-up, as a founder, depends on the kind of people you hire.
It is, highly imperative that you get it right here, as it has a long-lasting effect, on your start-up.
These are effects that, has the capacity to make, or, mar your business.
When it comes to hiring the right talents, you just must be very careful and pay attention to details.
These are details that, goes beyond physical appearance, individual eloquence and referrals, as they can be quiet misleading.
“Every entrepreneur should learn to discern, who will work with them, for a long time. It is your job to know”, says Dr. (H.C.) Peter Adewale Obadare, Founder/COO, Digital Encode Limited.
You must be smart enough, as a founder, to spot the fire in the shape of competence, in the individual.
Kailin Gow, stressed this when he said: “one competent go-getter is, worth one hundred incompetent do-nothings”.
Competence that, encapsulates passion, curiosity, grit, a desire to grow and the ability, to hit the ground running should be the things that you look for, in an individual.
Below are 3 tricks that will give you an excellent baseline, when it comes to hiring the right talents:
Assessment Via Email
One important way of luring and hiring the right talent is, via email.
In a world, where unemployment is on the rise and people are desperate to get a job, even, though they are not fit for the job, they still apply.
When you put out adverts on job offers and individuals apply, it is highly imperative that, you send a short assessment test, via email, as this will give you a clue, as to, whether, or not, the individual will fit in, in terms of commitment, mental strength, ability to think outside the box, communication, etc.
With email assessment, founders will, also, be able to know the writing skills of a potential employee.
Creativity Matters Less Without Action
For young start-ups, creativity is one primary force that is extremely needed, but what happens, when creative ideas are bubbling around, without execution? Problems, will, definitely, arise.
As a founder, searching for a creative employee is, highly, important, so, also, is the ability for the execution of ideas.
Hire people that can get things done, in whatsoever circumstances. Individuals, who are well motivated, to push through any condition that the start-up is facing, to get things done, should be hired.
Hiring the right talents that are creative enough, to think outside the box and find ways to execute tasks, will lead to one thing and that is, the growth of the start-up.
You must screen for this, during the interview process.
Feedback Test
Sometimes, you can test an individuals’ ability, to handle negative feedback, by criticising them, constructively.
Some individuals believe that they are too smart and can do no wrong.
Having these set of people in your organisation, is a time bomb that is bound to go off, at any time!
During the hiring process, constructively criticise them, on something and see how the potential employee responds.
If they cannot listen to you and correct themselves, how can they listen to their co-workers or respond to your customers’ complaints?
This behavior will only lead, to bad blood, between the co-workers and the loss of valuable customers, thus, negatively affecting your start-up.
Also read, Top 5 Hiring Mistakes Entrepreneurs Should Avoid.
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