I Keep Hiring the Wrong People

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Neagle Code Question

Hi David,

My question is around team. Iโ€™ve recently hired a few people whom Iโ€™ve had to subsequently fire. Itโ€™s frustrating, because I need good people on my team right now. I feel like Iโ€™m stagnating my own growth. Iโ€™m not moving as fast as I need to be moving. It seems like the people Iโ€™m hiring are just taking advantage of the situation. Iโ€™m spending all this cash and theyโ€™re literally not doing the work.

Why does this keep happening? What is going on subconsciously where Iโ€™m attracting people who arenโ€™t good for my business? Is it something energetic where Iโ€™m stopping my own growth unintentionally? Or is it just the simple fact of hiring slow and firing fast? I have contracts and statements of work, so these people should be clear on what my expectations are. As soon as I see that theyโ€™re not meeting the expectations, I address the issue head on.

Neagle Code Answer

Iโ€™m a big fan of not giving meaning where itโ€™s not supposed to be given.

The truth is, you donโ€™t really know who youโ€™re hiring until after you work with them. Part of this may be that you need to take some time to find the right people. It might take a couple of hires to find the right person, that right fit.

And never forget that hiring is a SKILL.

Anybody can say whatever they want on a resume. References usually turn out okay, because people will only give you references from those who will say good things about them.

Ask yourself:

  • Have I done everything on my end to make sure Iโ€™m clearly communicating?
  • Do I have clear standards and expectations?
  • Am I holding people accountable?
  • Am setting them up for success, and doing everything I can to make sure theyโ€™re successful in their role?
  • Am I having them do test projects to prove their competence?

If you can check all those things off the listโ€”and that person still isnโ€™t meeting expectationsโ€”then theyโ€™re not the right person. Fire them fast and hire someone else. And donโ€™t get bogged down into making this mean something it doesnโ€™t mean.

All of those things listed above are a big piece of hiring someoneโ€”unless youโ€™re flat out missing something key during the hiring process. If not, it could just be that they arenโ€™t who they say they are.

Itโ€™s about looking at it for what it is, getting a second opinion, and being like, โ€œHey, hereโ€™s my process. Do you see anything Iโ€™m missing?โ€ And then letting it go and finding the right person.

Sometimes you just have to go through that process of hiring a few people to find the right one.

And sometimes you may not be the right person to do the hiring. Thereโ€™s nothing wrong with hiring a recruiter or a service to complete the vetting process for you.

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