Talent acquisition is not an exact science. But do not rely too much on your instincts . If you follow our recommendations , you run less risk to make an offer to the wrong person…

1 . Hire someone who is better than you. It is sometimes said that highly skilled people want to be join by skilled people too whereas unconscious unskilled people tend to hire people worst than them just to make them feel better than the average they hire. But the only way to establish a great team is to hire people better than you , but this approach requires decision awareness and self-confidence.
2 . Do not include irrelevant material. Often the background and experience of a candidate are relevant on paper but not in your business. A senior vice president of Microsoft is it a good candidate for a start-up ( if he would be interested ) ? The poor man worked for a company whose market share was around 73% and who had never worry about competition.
3 . The instinct is relative. Ask each candidate the same questions and take detailed notes. Take a first interview by telephone to not judge the candidate’s appearance Outdoor . The founders of start- ups usually think they can trust their instincts and therefore lead subjective interviews , unstructured.
4 . Looking to have independent references. Many employers check only references that the applicant submits itself. There must be a mistake. Contact at least one person for whom the applicant has worked and at least one person who worked for him to get a better idea about him.
5 . Take the shopping center test. Suppose you meet the candidate in a mall . He stands about twenty feet away from you . You have three options: 1) You go to him and tell him hello, 2) you say : “If I find myself face to face with him, I say hello “, 3) you get into your car and run to another mall. If your candidate doesn’t make you feel the only 1st option -you should not recruit him/her.
6 . Be attractive. If you have found the ideal candidate , you must use all the weapons you have not only the compensation and options _ to convince him to work for you. your vision of how you want to change the world has a power of attraction just as important, if not more.
7 . Recruitment is never done. You must recruit every employee every day. when they leave the office at night , you may not see them again without tighten the links.

Business is Personal, people buy from people they like - from people they believe - People want to join like themselves - people want to work with people who believe like them

But People are divided by 4 categories :

Conscious Skilled - Conscious Unskilled // Unconscious Skilled - Unconscious Unskilled

Where are you at ?