Last week I had a conversation with one of my clients who was telling me that he is terrible at hiring. I said “Good.” He looked at me like I had grown a third head. He said, “why would you say that?!?” “Because if you have trouble with hiring, it is usually because you are a good human being and you want to give people chances.”
Here is the bottom line: we are biologically wired to connect to people. That is how our species has lasted all this time. We are connected in groups, and we help each other out. Hiring, though, is about rejection. You get 300 resumes. You will reject at least 299 of them, if not all 300. Then, you get 300 more resumes, and the process starts all over again. We HATE to reject people! It isn’t in our DNA to do so. We hire someone not good for the role, and we hang onto them forever because we hate to reject people.
I want you to hire the right fit and be a good human being to THAT person. I want you to be surrounded by great employees, so that you can be good to everyone on your staff. You can coach, mentor, and teach to people who love their jobs and are happy to be working for you.
If you are terrible at hiring, then you are a great human being.
I really like that about you!