Hiring Lessons for Scaling Teams
I discuss why hiring becomes harder as a team grows, particularly when assessing experienced candidates. The focus is on looking beyond impressive CVs, big job titles and recognised company names to understand whether someone is truly right for the organisation today.
Key Takeaways
- Hiring mistakes are common, especially as organisations scale and roles become more senior.
- Impressive company logos or job titles do not always prove individual impact or capability.
- Strong hiring decisions require deeper evaluation of whether a candidate fits the organisation’s current needs.
Topics
- Team Management
- Leadership
- Startup Growth
Transcript
You're 125 members of your team now. What's your top tips for hiring? Okay, top tips for hiring. I mean, like, I've made quite a few hiring mistakes as well over the time. And actually, I think, you know, hiring gets more difficult when you start to actually start bringing in really experienced people. It's actually much harder to judge the difference between the great people and the not so great people. And what I've found is that, you know, just because they've got great logos on their CV, this is kind of fairly well known, but, you know, it might not have been them that maybe went on that crazy rip, you know, when this company was exploding. They might have just been kind of along for the ride. So you've got to really dive in and not be, like, too impressed, you know, by the big job title, by the big salary, or, you know, the big logos, right? You've got to get in and be like, is this the right person for me today?