Hiring family members and referrals can work if you screen for personality fit using tools like DISC. Be honest if someone doesn't match the role's requirements, even if they came recommended.
Yeah, we hire family members all the time, and I think it's perfectly acceptable to hire family members and other recommendations from people that work for you. If it doesn't work out in an interview, well, that can be awkward. But as Julia says, they know that you're hiring the best people, and maybe their recommendation isn't going to work out. One of the things I've done recently was I had people take a disc test, disc personality test. And some people that were recommended to me just didn't have the right personality fit for the role that I had. And so I said, hey, you know, I'm sorry, this isn't the right this, this role requires a specific personality. This recommendation doesn't have that personality. So it's not going to work for me. But if it does work, it's a really easy way to find really great people.
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