Feb 25, 2022Hire the Best Folks, Even In a Crazy Market: The “First Ten” RuleHiring is harder than ever — but that doesn’t mean you should compromise on who joins your team. Or maybe, it means you need to select for something deeper than “years of experience in a similar role/function.” I have a rule that has guided hiring strategy at my last two…Hiring6 min readHiring6 min read
Jan 26, 2021Trust The Process: How to maximize your job searchDuring your working years, you will spend 40–60% of your waking life at your job. Yet most of us spend just a few hours prepping a resume, talking to a few contacts, and lobbing in applications for whatever thing we plan to spend years of our lives doing. We are…Careers11 min readCareers11 min read
Feb 11, 2015The Myth of the A-PlayerWe've been told never to compromise in hiring. Everyone interprets that kind of statement differently (Google has mastered the dispensing of deceptively simple advice). The hiring philosophy of “no compromises” has spawned a bevy of posts that borrow the term “A-player” and fail to define it. (The term was seemingly…5 min read5 min read
