Quote: (09-30-2011 11:55 AM)Caligula Wrote:
Came across this recently, some good pointers: http://blog.eladgil.com/2011/09/hire-for...-done.html
Great links.
After a while I´ve come to realize some things.
Trainees have to be "Fresh Off the Boat". This means not having graduated for more than 6 months. More than that they already have scares from previous jobs. Resentment, etc.
The question " where do you see yourself in 5 years" is more important than I thought. It helps understanding if the trainee wants to be a part of the organization, in my case lawyer, or is just playing around to find out what they like.
I had one trainee telling me they wanted to be a judge in 5 years. I was wondering to myself: Why da fuck is this bitch wasting my time. If I put an add for a cook I don´t expect a construction worker to show up.
Any trainee that answered they wanted to be something besides lawyer in the interview was excluded.
Knowing they´re living int he area is also important. For lawyers conections are crucial.
I will probably never hire somebody who´s been working in Public administration 9-5 job, except if they worked in tax or had a political job. Public administration is a leper colony.
Google the name of the trainee. A lot of information showed up. One was going to accept a different job in 3 months. I hired her, googled her name, confronted her, she admited and fired her after 3 days.
Asking of how much are the salary expected, weeds out the greedy. If someone said a astronomically figure, I would immediately discard. Trainees only give an added value after 3 months formation. Before that their losses. If I hire a superstar they will change jobs in 6 months. And all the effort done in formation will be given to another organization.
I´m hiring a woman. I need a personal asistant/trainee. Someone that takes off my back the litle things, so that I can concentrate on important ones, specially bringing new clients (seminars, conferences, cocktails, etc, etc).
I can´t see myself giving this tasks to a man, it´s not a man job. If the office continues growing I will hire a private secretary, a trainee man (so that he uses is brain) and keep the trainee I´m now hiring. Some talks with friends about builiding up a firm is also in process.
It´s not important to hire a superstar, but someone who is eager to work. The last girl I´ve recruited was so anxious when I shook her hand was sweating. I asked her if she could come today (saturday), she said imediately yes. She´s starting monday. Let´s see if she can GSD.
Jose Mourinho´s winning teams didn´t had superstars. Only players who worked hard.
A client recently told me: Life is not a 100 meters course. It´s a marathon.
If you don´t take risks, you will end up working for those who take them.
A client just showed up. family law. Soon I will pass this to the trainees.