Use Bitcoin to Solve the "Who" Problem

Per Geoff Smart and Randy Street, Who mistakes happen when :

Menageries (managers) :

• Are unclear about what is needed in a job
• Have a weak flow of candidates
• Do not trust their ability to pick out the right candidate from a pool of similar looking candidates
• Lose candidates they really want to join their team

How?

Decide what the MISSION is. What are you trying to accomplish as a team and what will the new hire's mission be. What OUTCOMES must the new recruit realize? Be clear about what COMPETENCIES successful candidates have that enable them to be A players. Be clear about the cultural fit - what needs to exist for ALIGNMENT.

How?

• Create a SCORECARD. This tells you how you'll judge the performance of the candidate after a few months on the job.
• SOURCE lots!!! of high quality candidates.
• SELECT qualifying candidates.
• SELL them on why this position is right for them.

How to efficiently whittle down a bunch?

Use a good phone screen :

• Could you tell me about your career goals?
• What are you really good at professionally?
• What are you not good at or not interested in doing professionally?
• Who were your last five bosses and how will they rate your performance on a scale of 1-10 when we talk to them?

How?

Use a good top-grading interview :

• What were you hired to do?
• What accomplishments are you most proud of?
• What were some of the low points in that job?
• Who were the people you worked with? Specifically :
• -- what was your boss' name and how do you spell that? What was it like working with that person? What will he/she tell me were your strengths and areas for improvement?
• -- tell me about the team you inherited? How would you rate them? What changes did you make? How would you rate the team when you left?
• Why did you leave?