Hiring? Here’s a Better Classified Ad and a 5-Point Strategy

We need self-starters, problem-solvers, and go-getters.

When you call for an interview, be prepared to talk about how you will be that person in OUR company.

Hire with a better strategy: Use your values to drive all future behavior. When you hire, this is behavior you are paying for.

1. Pick the values that will be most important to you. Focus: Choose three to concentrate on, no more, no less.

2. Get to the gist of them. Write them in plain-English, direct and to the point just like that first sentence above. Want honesty? Say you want truth-tellers. Want unbridled enthusiasm? Say you want energy-creators (way better than momentum-builders). It may also help you to choose your phrasing based on if you are looking for someone who will primarily work as a team player, or independently.

3. Ask for them. Be direct. And ask at the time they sink in; times of choice, decision and agreement, not just response.

4. Expect more to get more. Remember, the person you hire will be your business partner. “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5. Hire for the right answers. Trust me, you’ll get them from the right people (unless you discover they were lying).

Bonus Tip: Write one ad per person wanted, NOT per job classification. Think about it this way: All six watermen in a canoe can accurately be called paddlers, however one is the stroker, another sits in the power seat, another is the steersman, and so forth - they don’t all do the same thing, and you wouldn’t want them to!

How does this relate to the Key Concepts of Managing with Aloha?

a) value alignment,

b) strengths management,

c) proactive performance, and

d) employees as Business Partners in the ‘Ohana in Business.

No doubt about it: Hiring (or selecting the partners you out-source through) may be the single most important decision you make in business.

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Related articles:

• The ‘Ohana in Business is a Place for Business Partners.

• Lōkahi and Your Greatest Team, and Ho‘olōkahi and Rethinking our Agreements.

• The Eight Key Concepts of Managing with Aloha.

~ ~ ~Today’s Featured posting: It's my turn! My article is called Toot Sweetly: Create Your Distinction, and I talk about the value of Ho‘ohanohano.

Comments

[April Groves]

Rosa - Your points are spot on...and not just for new hires. Seems to me you've also laid out the perfect formula for defining your niche market.

[Rosa Say]

Great add April, and hana hou! for making the connection! We return to our original premise: values drive behavior by determining the bias of our choices.