How The Best Companies Hire Talent

It’s been said ad nauseum. One of the most significant decisions that leaders make is who to hire. No matter how many core values you have and how many posters you hang, company culture is downstream from people. So, the people that join the organization will have a massive effect on the evolution of its culture.

And while it’s widespread knowledge that hiring is the most important decision you can make, the knowledge of how to actually hire great people is rare. But there are a few methods-and a few organizations-that stand out.

So, in this article, we’ll examine four ways the best companies hire talent.

Hire Through Teams

The first way that the best companies hire talent is by hiring as a team. This means that it’s not up to just hiring managers to run all the interviews themselves and select the candidate they see as best fit. We know that the success or failure of a new hire is massively impacted by the team they join and how well they fit. So, it’s only logical to involve that future team in making the decision. In some cases, that means turning the whole hiring process over to the team. In others, it means bringing individuals into key parts of the process. But in all cases, it means creating a system to get feedback from the team before a final decision is made.