The Battle between your Need to fill a role vs. hiring for cultural alignment.
More thought needs to go into “Who” you are going to hire than “What” you are going to hire. Meaning proven performers with transferable skills, not shiny objects.
Today’s Quote:
“Acquiring the right talent is the most important key to growth. Hiring was - and still is - the most important thing we do.”
- Marc Bennioff, Founder, Chairman and co-CEO of Salesforce
Guest Bio:
Ben Mones is the co-founder and CEO of Fama, an AI-based solution that identifies problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. He founded Fama in 2015 to address the needs of organizations everywhere that are grappling with the challenges of protecting their workplace culture and preventing harassment.
Prior to Fama, Ben held a number of executive roles at a variety of startups in the Bay Area, including Acceleprise, an independent accelerator focused on enterprise technology, where he served as Entreprenuer in Residence as well as Lanetix, a leading provider of cloud-based customer relationship management platforms as director, revenue operations. He also spent two years at content analytics and insights company Chartbeat. Ben has been tapped as a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management, UCLA Anderson School of Management and USC Marshall School of Business, and has also been featured in CNBC, Fast Company, Los Angeles Times, TechCrunch and the Wall Street Journal. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University and is based in Venice, California.
Show Highlights:
Problem:
Why is it important to invest in culture?
Why does Ego make decisions over common sense?
Anybody with a legitimate amount of responsibility makes a difference.
Rockstar engineers, leaders, need to fit into the organization, not the other way around
*** first-time founders Story:
Lesson Learned
Rick’s Input:
Solutions:
What road map should leaders follow?
Rick’s Framework
Key Takeaways:
Referrals Vs Applicants with Ladan Davia of Beeya
The Power of Storytelling in Recruiting Talent for Your Company with Michael Goldberg of Hiring Transformed
How to Really Evaluate & Hire Technical Talent with Aaron Cooley of Kunai
The Questions to Ask When Selecting a Recruiting Partner with Amy Arenz of Concero Search Partners LLC
Tales of Disastrous Interviews & Nightmare Hires with Leilani Quiray of bethechangeHR
Interviewing 101- Conducting an Effective Interview with Robert Davis of Communities for Cause
Recruiting Your Team Before You Raise Capital with Carey Ransom of OC4 Venture Studio & Accelerate OC
The Challenges & Benefits of Hiring Refugees with Chris Chancey of Amplio Recruiting
Stacking the Deck with A-Player Talent with Kevin Lawrence of Lawrence & Co.
Innovation & Growth Requires Your Inner Kindergartner with Summer Anderson of MiROR Partners
Evaluating Your Hiring Record Through Data & Polarization with David Patterson of The Kineta Group
Tapping into Veteran Talent Pools! with Brian Erickson of Vidoori
Short Cutting Your Hiring Process Because You Need To Make A Hire! with Kevin Castle of Technossus
Interview Scheduling & Calendar Management Optimization! with Olivia Melman of DigitalOcean
Internal Marketing is the First Step in Employment Branding & Marketing with Angelo Ponzi of The Ponzi Group
Cracking the Bootstrapped Startup Hiring Code with Meetul Shah of DemandMatrix Inc.
Marie Norman: Give Good People (Candidate) Experience with the 3 C's. Concede, Create, Consistency
Ryan Malone: Building a High Scale, High Performing Remote Company!
Martin Herrington: I'm Down With H1B... Yea, You Know Me!
MJ Shores: Artificial Intelligence, Employment Branding & Talent Acquisition … Oh My!
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