Brian Walch says superstars stay for pay, respect, and growth. To build a team of them, companies need to stop only hiring proven talent and start recruiting entry-level people with the right fit, aptitude, and ambition.
The reason we can't hire another superstar like that is the same reason she's not leaving our company. We pay her well, we treat her well, we give her lots of opportunities. She does not want to leave. She likes working here. And so people like her at other companies are in the same position. We need to hire an entry level candidate, a riskier candidate, somebody we're going to have to take a chance on if we want more people like her. Recruiters are thinking about things like cultural fit aptitude, career desires of the people that they're talking to. They're meeting people and they're asking, would they be fulfilled working at this organization?
Episode 116: Guest Brian Walch - The 3 Stages of Career Growth: What Engineers Need and Managers ...
