How to Make Sure You Hire the Right People: A Critical Twelve-Point Checklist - Steve Blacker - MediaBizBloggers

1 Avoid quotstatus quoquot managers who are not able to function in today39s fastchanging business environment regardless of their prior experience2 Innovation and thinking out of the box are now critical job requirements3 Identify people that can either make money for your company by creating new profit centers with no up front costs or who can creatively save you money without damaging your brands4 A skill set is more important than prior experience If someone can sell toothpaste they can sell diamonds5 The ability to work under pressure with smaller budgets and fewer people6 Innovation at the getgo If during an interview someone does not have ideas that can help your media brands don39t expect them to develop them once you hire them Problem solvers are essential7 A budget realist and enforcer Given the increased costs of doing business and declining ad revenues every expenditure no matter how small must be justified8 Positive attitude and a good sense of humor Executives who tend to have a good sense of humor often are the most successful problem solvers People enjoy working for and with them9 Never hire people who feel they were compromised or mistreated in their last jobs Complainers can hurt companies even in good times In today39s environment they become a deadly cancer10 Look for trend spotters and executives who know how to put the consumer first A good trend spotter is essential today11 Time savers and people who know how to triage Given today39s 247 demands a company must have executives who can not only manage their time effectively but who can triage the many things that are thrown at them on a daily basis12 A fresh perspective can help your company more than anything Albert Einstein once said quotDon39t expect the people who created the problems to be able to solve themquot oftentimes someone from another industry can provide a perspective that has not been thought of beforeSteve39s new book You Can39t Fall Off The Floor The Insiders39 Guide to ReInventing Yourself and Your Career chronicles his 50 year career working for over 25 different companies with 189 lessons learned and insider tips from Gayle King Cathie Black Chuck Townsend and 28 others Blacker is still going strong today as a partner in Frankfurt ampamp Blacker Solutions LLC His web site is blackerreinventionscom and email address is blackersolutionsaolcomRead all Steveamp8217s MediaBizBloggers commentaries at Steve Blacker MediaBizBloggersFollow our Twitter updates MediaBizBlogger

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