How to Hire Rockstar Talent —a Step-by-Step Guide
In the past 3 years, BestSelf Co has gone from a small two-person operation of myself and my co-founder Allen to a team of 10 people. Our longest employee has now been with us for 2.5 years!
Between contractors, part-time and full-time people, we have around 14 people who play some role in the team, between customer support, marketing, development, and design.
… Getting there has not been easy.
In this post I’ll cover:
- How NOT to hire someone
- How to define a job role
3. How to create an automated application process that only brings qualified candidates (and saves you tons of time and energy)
4. The system we used for hiring that finally worked!
5. The tools we use that make boring paperwork easy
1. How NOT to Hire Someone
We hired our first key person in March of 2016, and the second shortly after.
At the time we were two months into running our online store after having completed our Kickstarter campaign and fulfillment. It was just Allen and myself trying to do everything, our bandwidth was maxed out and we were desperate to find people to help us lighten the load.
