LinkedIn Influencers: How I Hire
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What do industry leaders look for when they hire?
We’ve compiled top hiring tips from the best in business.
Michael PowellPresident & CEO, NCTA
“The ability to learn from failure, not pure talent, is the greatest predictor of
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Richard BransonFounder
Virgin Group
“Great grades count for nothing if they aren’t partnered with
broad-ranging experience and a winning personality.”
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Neil BlumenthalCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Warby Parker
“Invest time in building relationships—and always be recruiting.” Read More
Jack Welch Founder, Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University
“The generosity gene is an in-the-bones, personality-deep craving—to help other people improve, grow, thrive, and succeed. If you hire candidates who’ve
got that running through their veins, amazing things will happen.”Read More
Tim BrownCEO, IDEO
“We look for insatiable curiosity, irrepressible optimism, deep
empathy, and those who play well with others.”
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Jennifer DulskiPresident & COO, Change.org
“Adaptable people want to solve problems even when there is no obvious “we’ve done that before” answer.”Read more
Jon Steinberg President & COO, BuzzFeed
“If you are interviewing or negotiating with a new hire, and you like them more and more, you are making a good hire.”
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Peter GuberCEO, Mandalay EntertainmentOwner, Golden State Warriors & Los Angeles Dodgers
“The candidate who shares stories of how he or she preserved and protected the organization when the chips were down, refusing to hear ‘no’, will likely hear a ‘yes’ from me!” Read More
Padmasree WarriorChief Technology and Strategy OfficerCisco
“The deciding factor for me is what I call the X Factor, an intangible combination of exceptional talent and fit for the role.” Read More
Lesley Jane SeymourEditor In Chief, More Magazine at Meredith Publishing Corporation
“If they’re still sitting across the chair from me when I’m finished with this non-seduction, I figure they must really want the job.” Read more
Kay KrillPresident & CEO
ANN INC.
“Experience, education and skill are important, but I also look for
passion when I talk to candidates.”
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