Uncover Hidden Talent: Why Experience Isn't Everything in Hiring with Keith Rabois

Name: Uncover Hidden Talent: Why Experience Isn't Everything in Hiring with Keith Rabois
Uploaded: 2023-11-27T15:15:00+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Jason M. Lemkin
Description: Keith Rabois argues that hiring leaders obsess over impossible experience requirements, like demanding a VP of Engineering with ten years of proven track…

27 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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Keith Rabois argues that hiring leaders obsess over impossible experience requirements, like demanding a VP of Engineering with ten years of proven track record. Instead, he says, bring multiple less-proven people who can solve problems together. He compares it to expecting a baseball player to hit .300, hit 40 home runs, and win a Gold Glove all at once.

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just can't do it because everybody's going at once. So I think you have to go after people that are less proven and you have to get really good at evaluating those kind of people. And the only way to do that is just practice. You've gotta get like, figure out how to assess people and give them the opportunity to succeed. So for example, everybody says they want the classic VPE. Every board meeting, you sacrifice a little bit of that for more both minds tackling a problem simultaneously. Because they always say, "I want 10 years of experience, proven ability to do this, proven ability to do that." And you're like, it's like baseball saying, "I want a third baseman who bats.300, hits 40 home runs, 100 RBIs, and wins a Gold Glove."