Hiring Advice

Find out their wins above replacement. Through the stories they tell, look to see if the end result of the thing they did would have been significantly worse without their involvement. Try to separate their actions from those of their team or the circumstance. This quality should both highlight their talents and their sense of agency and

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Sergey Brin: The Facebook phenomenon is a problem October 13, 2007

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The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building

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How the Greatest Entrepreneurs Hire (h/t David Senra)

Steve Jobs stated that each new hire became a percentage of the company, so why wouldn’t you take the time to find all A-players?

David Ogilvy, as an already established businessman, would see advertisements that he liked and then cold call the person who made the ad — this is how he sourced his

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A lot of very smart people work in strange ways / with a lot of quirks (e.g. contemplating for hours and appearing to do nothing, while then suddenly having 100x output burst). This usually makes them not a great fit for traditional corporate world, where you often have to fake…

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High EQ + Persuasion. People who have a clear-headed view of a situation, and the soft skills/influence chops to bend the environment to their will, are especially valuable. It’s an underrated skill.
1. What to look for:

Tara Seshan • How to Hire Low Experience, High Potential People

Brandy Cerne

What’s going on here, with this human?

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Modern Wisdom: #482 - Tyler Cowen - The Secret To Finding Great Talent

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We connect expertly vetted talent with world-class clients.

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