Personnel

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Logistics & Travel

Purpose: To recruit and hire world-class individuals to fit our team and our culture.

Itinerary

  • Review the organization chart. Select a role and outline the responsibilities.

  • Ask your network, “Who is the most talented __ you know?”

Airfare

  • Review the organization chart. Select a role and outline the responsibilities.

  • Ask your network, “Who is the most talented __ you know?”

Rentals

  • Call the candidate, “Hi, this is ___? Great! My name is ___ from ___. I’m calling to speak with you about a ___ role in our company. Is that something you’d be interested in hearing more about?”

  • What are your career goals? (Does this job help them get there)?

  • What are you professional best at? (Do these match the Roles and Responsibilities)?

  • What are you professionally not as good at or not interested in doing? (Watch for “fake” weaknesses like “I work too hard”)

  • Who were your last five bosses, and how would they each rate your performance on a scale of 1-10 when we talk to them? (This is a TORC - Threat of Reference Check - which forces honesty immediately.)

  • Conclude the call.

    • Great candidate - “Thank you for speaking with me. I’d love to schedule another interview with you. Would you be available on DATE/TIME or DATE/TIME?

    • Bad candidate - “Thank you for speaking with me. I’ll follow up with some of your references and let you know.” (Then send a rejection email).

Hotel

  • Review their resume. For every single job they have held, you ask the same five questions:

  • What were you hired to do? (Verifies their initial mission.)

  • What accomplishments are you most proud of? (Look for "A-player" results—numbers, growth, efficiency.)

  • What were some low points during that job? (Don’t let them skip this; everyone has them.)

  • Who were the people you worked with? (Specifically, what was your boss's name, and what was it like working for them?)

  • Why did you leave that job? (Was it a "push" because of poor performance or a "pull" toward a better opportunity?)

Per diem (food, etc)

  • "You mentioned earlier that you are ___. Give me a specific example of ___.

  • What was the outcome? 

  • What went wrong?"