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Why are hiring processes broken? With Brad Smart Topgrading Founder & CEO - Acquisitions Anonymous Episode 84
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Business
Entrepreneurship
Investing
Publication Date |
Apr 08, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:33:26

Michael Girdley (@Girdley), Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA), and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Brad Smart (@DrBradSmart) to talk about the Topgrading hiring process, issues in standard hiring practices, solutions, the importance of job descriptions and how to do them right, and much more.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(2:34) Why are hiring processes broken? What are common mistakes?

(4:57) What are the solutions? What is the TORC technique?

(8:50) How can people apply Topgrading ideas in the current context where employees have the leverage and lack time for extended interviews?

(12:40) How do you go beyond the resumes? What is essential in a person’s history?

(15:24) What are standard practices to upgrade your hirings?

(16:41) How can the Topgrading method be used in an acquisition?

(19:02) Job descriptions are usually low appealing. How could SMB owners improve them?

(22:41) What is the impact on the hiring process of having virtual interviews? 

(25:56) How do you think about optimizing Topgrading for the younger generations and their needs?

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Past guests on Acquanon include Nick Huber, Brent Beshore, Aaron Rubin, Mike Botkin, Ari Ozick, Mitchell Baldridge, Xavier Helgelsen, Mike Loftus, Steve Divitkos, Dzmitry Miranovich, Morgan Tate and more.

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