Sublime

At the end of the quarter, a lone HR person ran around like a Jack Russell, nipping at managers’ heels to get updated numbers before the board meeting.

Do not skip the reference checks! The reference interviews are where you learn the truth about the candidate. These interviews give you by far the most accurate picture of the candidate’s future performance. There are three steps: Pick the right references—bosses, peers, and subordinates (sometimes two to three levels down). Do not use the referenc

Every Monday morning at Nest, that’s how my management meetings started: Who are the great people we want to hire? Are we making our hiring goals or retention metrics? If not, what’s the problem? What are the roadblocks? And how is the team doing? What issues do people have? How are performance reviews going? Who needs a bonus? How are we going to

The final step in the sourcing process, the one that matters more than anything else you can do, is scheduling thirty minutes on your calendar every week to identify and nurture A Players.

The first change is to hire more slowly.