Hire Smart from the Start: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Finding, Catching, and Keeping the Best Talent for Your Company
- 3h 37m
- Dave Carvajal
- AMACOM
- 2018
Don't rely on instincts alone.
Hiring. Is. King. The lesson seems so basic. Yet time after time, good companies stumble and lose their stride--just when they were poised for rapid growth. Why? Because their leaders treated hiring as a tedious chore. They posted an ad hoc ad. Took the first person with the right skills. Hired for immediate needs, rather than future flourishing.
In Hire Smart from the Start, Dave Carvajal distills lessons gained from 20 years in the trenches, building out and staffing two enormously successful Internet startups and helping firms like Tumblr, Buddy Media, and Shutterstock land the talent they need to reach their greatest potential.
Whether you're a high-tech entrepreneur taking a startup public, or a food truck vendor with a concept that's taking off, this book offers a proven formula to help you:
- Find candidates whose values and working style fit your business
- Spot the 5 types of applicants you should never, ever hire
- Motivate "reach" candidates to leave their jobs and take a chance on your vision
- Develop meaningful incentives that make people stay
- And more
Accelerate success: hire smart from the start. This book shows you how.
About the Author
Dave Carvajal is CEO of Dave Partners, a firm that is re-wiring the executive search experience for the tech scene. He is a sought-out advisor and consultant to boards, venture firms, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams of some of the most exciting growth companies in the technology space. Co-founder of HotJobs.com, he built the company to 650 employees; it traded at a market capitalization of $1.2 billion before being sold to Yahoo! He also built Ladders to 400 employees and $85M in revenues. Carvajal is a graduate of executive education and leadership programs at The Wharton School, Columbia Business School, and The Harvard Business School. Connect with him at www.HireSmartfromtheStart.com.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Introduction
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New Rules for a New Age
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Slow Down, Use a Process, Move beyond the Specs
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Recruiting Myths and Realities
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Evangelical Zeal and a SEAL Team's Focus
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Map the Organization's Foundational Mission and Values
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Seeing Your Perceptions and Their Realities
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Drivers—Mapping the Candidates' Missions and Values
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Extract the Matches
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High-Level Hires—Leaders and Managers
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Finding and Recruiting People Who Get Things Done
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Your First Hire—Bringing Entrepreneurial Energy and Agility to a New Skill Set
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The Employee of the Future—Recruiting with an Eye toward Emerging Trends
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