What's the hardest part about hiring people in your place?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I love interviewing people, I hate sifting through resumes.

I'm at a point now where I don't even really look at them. They're never a good indication of anything other than red flags and I'm starting to think even that thinking takes me away from good candidates.

Everybody's got too much bullshit going on for resumes. So I call people up, see how they sound on the phone and make them do something here in the studio.

It takes way less time than reading resume after resume on indeed.

There's like 400 applications here are you fucking kidding me? No wonder I couldn't get a job before. I don't even pay that great.

I got 3 coming in at the same time today and I'm gonna take them all out for lunch just to see what happens. Will update later.

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1 y

One guy isn't here yet there's a girl and a guy here already. I'm going to walk over and shoot the shit with them. See how long it takes to realize who I am.

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1 y

I brought them to the diner and the girl asked when the owner is coming 😭

Started playing everyone's reels and started asking the guy who was late about some of his title animations which were presets I recognized.

Which ended up starting an argument with the other guy and the girl the whole time is rolling her eyes and glancing at me like she's trying to butter me up.

All in all, pretty entertaining.

Lmk if I should do a take on how the rest went

[BetaBucks]

I'm fortunate enough to have a Talent Acquisition person who sifts through all the resumes and brings me the ones with the needed prereqs. I legit won't even look at the resumes because I'll just ask them straight up during the interview if they have their certifications and how many years of experience they have doing the thing I'm looking for, and where did they do it. Then, I text one of their co-workers for confirmation, and then it's a wrap. Caught a guy lying to me one time like this.

I guess I should answer your question. The hardest part for me is deciding between all the top-tier candidates I have for the limited positions that are open. And I'm the ultimate decision maker, so it's on me. This all sounds like I'm bragging about having it easier than you, but trust me, my job sucks in a million other ways.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Doesn't sound like bragging to me. But it does sound stressful if you're going to have to hear about this new hire from a team

[BetaBucks]

Oh yeah, it def can be. I caught some flack over one of the candidates I picked earlier this year. It got escalated to HR and my decision making was called into question. They even got involved in the following interview processes. Funny, she ended up working out just fine.

[Ladsin2]

Apparently Ford did something similar. Interesting little story if you want to google it.
I'm not involved in hiring or firing, but I presume it's the same with all trades. Few people want to do it. Those who do, are more likely to have a criminal record so we have to drug test and do background checks. Then when people are hired on they may not be capable to learn code or interact with clients. Then if they pass all those, maybe they don't take their job seriously and don't show up on time/ need constant... reeducation from poor behaviors.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

The challenge I think is finding people who actually attach their ego to what they do.

Not in an unhealthy way but me, if I do a bad job, I feel I've shamed myself, my company and my family.

[Ladsin2]

You should. That's a good employee to have. A little neurotic I think is the trait.

[Peridot25]

If résumés are worthless, what’s the point of having people turning in one? Also, you said you don’t pay that great, so why bother with the lunch thing?

[Telekinetic-Potato]

I was kinda joking. I just mean it to say it's not like I'm offering 70k

And it's because I have so many people applying I may as well get creative. Take them to a dinner... Diner?

I think I'm going to bring my laptop, watch everyone's reels in front of them and have the others chime in.

Should make for a pretty rigorous personality test since that's the part I'm most concerned with.

[Agape93]

Knowing that every gen z worker will abruptly quit without warning or cause problems.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

We'll see how mine goes

[Agape93]

Hope you have better luck. Ours never last past probation. They always just quit, or get fired.

[Agape93]

Shit I fired one last week for arguing with the client about pay and abandoning post

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Lmao whaaat. I’m telling you it’s the teachers. They learn it from all these young teachers who never had a real job.

[Agape93]

And tiktok. Shit even one fucking idiot on here last week was saying that quitting without warning wouldn't go badly at a new job. Bruh when I call references or prior jobs, if they say you up and quit without warning, I won't even interview you.

[AI Opinion]

Sifting through resumes can indeed be overwhelming. You're right; they often don't fully capture a candidate's potential or fit for the role. By calling candidates and having them demonstrate their skills, you're focusing on practical abilities and real-time interactions. This method provides a clearer picture of their capabilities and cultural fit, which can be more insightful than static resumes. Taking candidates out for lunch to observe interpersonal dynamics is a unique and effective approach. Good luck with your process!

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Gotta throw em off a bit so I don't get bombarded with rehearsed bullshit

[uncleBobbyb77]

I suppose it really depends on what your looking for. Do you want the strictly by the book, dependable, but uptight type or the outside the box, creative, and original but less predictable type. One is good for building a business on and with, the other is good for running the business like a business ought to be ran. If you dont have a pretty good idea of what your looking for start with fully considering what it is you don't want and go from there. Seems to me however that although your still quite young you've got a sharp, and discerning intellect and the right balance in your personality to utilize it in a most beneficial, and practical manner. The hard part is finding people who truly give a shit about it all, the quality of the job they do, loyalty to the company they work for, and the customer/target audience the business caters to. Look for people that treat it as if it's their money and life that's been invested and is on the line. At the end of the day, it is. I believe the numbers show that employee owned businesses are amongst the best companies in how they are run, to work for, and in sustainable profits

[molonski2]

I hated reading though resumes too , so dam boring..

I was great at picking people that fitted well though , my greatest skill.. but I had to meet them , so I may have discarded some that I should not have.

One guy I hired , " they " had discarded him , I got him back on the list , and he worked there 15 years and went on to be a senior manager.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It’s always the ones nobody else sees the potential. I always wonder about that...

[molonski2]

Yeah , this guy , honestly I saw it immediately , but I was trying to change the core of the company , younger , women , progressive... they sacked me eventually , but I 100% changed the ( stuffy ) character of these pricks forever... and they knew I did a great job , no one could question my numbers..
My problem was " them " ( attitude )

[OddBeMe]

You’re not wrong. I started doing phases of interviews that applicants either progressed through or weeded out. The first was via text. I want to make sure they can write a concise paragraph. You’d be surprised who can’t.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Fuck resumes, how do I know you didn't have chat gpt do it... Or worse what if it was your mom.

At least if you bullshitted it I could know that you at least know what a finished product looks like.

[OddBeMe]

True. Kids are getting smarter yet dumber somehow.

[paledreams]

I'm hard to replace? I do have a charm ☺️🧿 about me lol

[exitseven]

The hard part is trying to determine the intangible things like ability to work with a team or basic work ethic. I always figured I could teach them something they don't know but you cannot teach somebody how to be a good team player.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It took me a very long time to work well with a team. It's a maturity thing for sure.

[LiamJHayden]

Finding people who are faithful not to call off at the last minute. It is not a restaurant and finding people to cover at the last minute can be a monstrous task.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Yep. I'm my field it can be an expensive one too

[NathanDavis]

I go by recommendation, so... not that difficult really

[TallAnon]

On the other end of the table right now, most annoying part is that people are looking for all these bullshit things while I just want to do my job.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

You should call them

[Titus_of_Ultramar]

That we don't need anyone new so your not getting heired until one of us leaves

[Julia987]

firing them lol