A talk on hiring practices that stresses the weight of bringing someone on board early in their career. The speaker emphasizes careful evaluation to avoid common mistakes when making this significant commitment.
You also have to be willing to ask this person for a third of their life. It's actually probably a little bit more the way that we all work these days. They're literally making a decision that is taking up a huge portion of their life, critical to understand. And you should think about that when you're bringing them on board. Get comfortable with the idea that you have to be the one to lay them off if you have to get rid of the job. So make sure it's a high filter for hiring someone, especially people early in their careers. They just want to hire, hire, hire, hire. And sometimes it's important to drive growth, but you have to be thoughtful. And most people fail because they get over their skis.