I don’t have much turnover in my group. Everyone has been with me for between 5 and 10 years. Sadly, Darla, who I only hired last year, has had to leave. She did wonderful work and we all loved her. And she liked it here too, but something unfortunate came up.

So, I’m hiring again.

We placed an ad in Craigslist.

Within three days, hundreds of people replied. If they were interesting, or they asked good questions, I responded, by sending them everyone’s questions and answers.

If a candidate was still interested, I then invited them to attend one of a few open houses.

We had our first yesterday where I met nine interesting and wonderful people.

I introduced myself, the team, and described the work. Because there are so many of them, and only one job, I suggested that, rather than having them all try to compete to impress me, we all work together to help everyone get a job. That way, I can differentiate the people who are only good at selling from the ones who like to help others.

If you are one of my applicants, please feel free to post a comment about your experience of this way of hiring.

Thanks,

Brooke