For more than 40 years, I’ve seen the best jobs go to the hardest workers. The ones who put everything they’ve got into proving their abilities. Along the way, I’ve heard people complain about how others must have “juice”. In my experience that’s rarely the case, sometimes it happen, but as a former manager I know that people usually get a big job by outgrowing the small one, by showing they’re ready, and diligently proving that to be true by their subsequent performance. Hiring and promoting people isn’t a perfect science – that said, it’s enhanced by a hiring manager training, coaching, and supporting the people they select. That’s teamwork and a commitment to making your peeps successful – what you do after someone’s hired is critically important. Know what you’re looking for – experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Ask good technical, situational, and behavioral questions. Assess for fit and attitude. Make an honest and objective decision. And support them as they get started. If you go into selecting someone with good intentions and back that up with good support, everyone wins. Put the right people into the right jobs and help them be successful today.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882): essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
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