From Hiring To…

Wow, we made it! As you can probably tell, hiring is quite involved. However, it’s absolutely worth it. Here’s what you’ve learned in this chapter:

• How to work out who to hire into your team. You considered your team, their output, and then worked out who best would increase it.

• How to write job descriptions. Not only did you learn how to put them together, you also understood how job descriptions can encode bias and unintentionally discriminate against candidates.

• How to run an interview process. From phone screens to the final interview, you’ve been through it and can replicate the same thing in your own company.

Even though the hiring process requires a lot of effort and organization, getting great people into your team pays dividends in the future. Doing so in a way that treats all candidates with respect does wonders for your reputation as a company and as a hiring manager.

Conversely, employing the wrong person because you haven’t put the effort into your hiring process will make your life a misery. Since a bad hire will be a member of your staff, you’re going to have to deal with the fallout. This distracts you from what you really want to do, which is building great technology. However, people are always going to leave the company, either voluntarily or because they’re being forced to leave. We’ll learn all about that in the next chapter.