Do you know your ABCs? April 13, 2009
Posted by hardly Auren Hoffman, Recruiting Process, careers, jobs, work
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Auren Hoffman's post on Why Hiring is Paradoxically Harder in a Downturn was clearly of high interest in the recruiting world.
And, yeah, he's right, there's a very high signal to noise ratio when you go looking for talent in this market.
But that whole A-Player thing? Not so much.
All bosses think they are A-Players. But, if you think about the whole A-Player framework, it's a fallacy, because once you move up a level, you automatically get assessed by a new set of criteria. And, this is where the A-Player framework breaks down for me. I've experienced too many BAD BOSSES who think they are A-Players when it comes to building a team. And guess what they say after they've hired someone who doesn't work out?
"Oh, they just didn't meet expectations, they aren't an A-Player"
Um, yeah, right. Did you look in the mirror before you said that?
