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December 22, 2008

Hiring people

I've got a guest post over on Bob Walsh's 47hats.com and although it's aimed at Micro ISVs ready to hire their first person I think points 2 - 7 are relevant to business of all sizes. Here's point number 5:

If you’ve never hired for this role before, bring in an expert to help you. Hiring a sales person? Find somebody who’s hired a hundred sales people already. Don’t know an expert? Find somebody who does. Never, ever hire for a role you do not understand without outside help.

You can read my other 8 tips here.

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good point i must agree with that statement. hiring bad people is one of the worst things you can do for your company.
-jack

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