Facebook's says there's one thing to look for in job candidates above all else: Hiring exceptional employees is one of the most important and difficult responsibilities given to a manager. A bad hire can be financially costly to your company and set back your team’s progress.
There’s an enormous burden on managers tasked with determining what their team needs and then making a judgment call on who can fill that role, within a relatively short period of time. Experience, intelligence, and determination are all important aspects to consider when looking at a job candidate, but the primary focus needs to be on talent, argue Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman in their classic management guide, “First, Break All the Rules.”
When the book was first published in 1999, Buckingham told Business Insider, it was controversial for its conclusion that the best managers develop their employees’ strengths and ignore their weaknesses, since the prevailing wisdom was that bosses should amass a team of well-rounded individuals always correcting their shortcomings. The coauthors’…
There’s an enormous burden on managers tasked with determining what their team needs and then making a judgment call on who can fill that role, within a relatively short period of time. Experience, intelligence, and determination are all important aspects to consider when looking at a job candidate, but the primary focus needs to be on talent, argue Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman in their classic management guide, “First, Break All the Rules.”
When the book was first published in 1999, Buckingham told Business Insider, it was controversial for its conclusion that the best managers develop their employees’ strengths and ignore their weaknesses, since the prevailing wisdom was that bosses should amass a team of well-rounded individuals always correcting their shortcomings. The coauthors’…
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