Hiring Rockstars and Camping Buddies
Sam Decker shared a fantastically helpful articled about the 5 stars of a Rockstar Employee.
Here’s a bit of background on why Sam is qualified to write this list:
In my career I’ve worked with hundreds of people, interviewed a few hundred, and hired over 100 people. A minority of these folks (say 10%) were rockstars, a minority I’d never hire or want to work with (another 10%), and the rest are in the middle. From my perspective, these are the characteristics I saw in the top 10% whom I’d be honored to work with anytime.
I find this 10-80-10 curve is VERY true in my hiring experience as well. Looking back, I realize I’ve hired mostly folks in the middle with few on either end of the curve. What I think about when I hire folks is one simple question:
Would I want to go camping with this person for a weekend?
This question helps me think about these key questions:
I find that folks that stack up well in my camping analogy also do well on my team.
A few questions for you to answer or at least think about:
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2 opinions for Hiring Rockstars and Camping Buddies
Aaron Stannard
Jul 25, 2008 at 10:25 am
Other top qualities:
1. Ability to anticipate problems before they happen
2. Willingness to actually act upon that anticipation
3. Enthusiastic
4. Vision - they have to have an idea of where they seem themselves going
5. Passion - interestingly enough some of the “passion” aspect is the responsibility of the employer.
Phil Gerbyshak
Jul 25, 2008 at 11:07 am
Great qualities Aaron! I especially love passionate and enthusiastic employees!
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