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Have You Ever Let Likeness Blind You?

Name: Have You Ever Let Likeness Blind You?
Uploaded: 2022-04-23T15:00:10+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this short spoken segment, the presenter warns against the common hiring bias of choosing candidates based on personal likability rather than…

23 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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In this short spoken segment, the presenter warns against the common hiring bias of choosing candidates based on personal likability rather than objective qualifications. She shares a personal anecdote about hiring someone she liked as a friend, only to realize the decision was driven by likeness and not merit. The speaker emphasizes that while it’s natural to want to work with cool, friendly people, this tendency can be dangerous for portfolio companies if it leads to lowered hiring standards. She urges listeners to examine whether they are letting likeness blind them and to ensure that any candidate they like also meets the required job criteria.

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Likeness blinds you from all of the bad parts, the downsides of these people. I had hired somebody who I thought was awesome. He was super cool. I really liked talking to him. Amazing guy. I hired him because I liked him, because I wanted to be friends with him, not because he was qualified for the job. And I see this so often in our portfolio companies, and it's super dangerous. Yes, you want to be able to like the person, but that shouldn't be why you hire them. And so that's the first piece, is are you letting likeness blind you? Are you letting it taint your perspective of this person? Are you letting it manipulate in your own mind so that you think this is the higher, and you're going to be more lenient on your requirements because of how much you like this person. I think a lot of people do that. That's great, you want cool people, but like, they need to have the other stuff too.