Hiring the right person for the role can be very tiring and a lot of effort. The wrong place to start is looking at candidates. There are a lot of good people out there but you won’t know if they are the right for for your business unless you do enough thinking around how your business works and what the role will look like first.
Make sure you think through your business first, what you want to achieve, what roles are required and who will be responsible for what. Do the best job you can and run with that. It will NOT be perfect so don’t aim for perfection.
Distill this thinking into a job description so you have some idea what to advertise for and discuss with potential candidates. You should strive to be as clear as possible and use a job description that clearly states values and behaviours expected of staff so they know how to act and metrics to explain each of their responsibilities as this helps make it super clear what is involved.
Human beings love clarity so the candidates will love it. And it can only make your job easier if what you are looking for is as clear as possible. So ‘start with the end in mind’ and design and document the role before you advertise and start talking to potential hires - it will save a lot of time and heartache.
