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The very best hiring plan. Ever!

This is my shortest blog. But it might be my best ever.

It’s your hiring and retention plan for the next 30 years. Use it from today onwards. Never waver from it. See your business thrive.

Here it is…

‘No dickheads. No passengers’

That is it. Job done.

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  • Posted by Greg Savage
  • On April 8, 2014
  • 15 Comments
Tags: best hiring plan, hire the best, hiring, hiring plan, recruitment

15 Comments

Julie
  • Apr 8 2014
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I like it and I agree
Balasubramaniam
  • Apr 8 2014
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So simple! Yet true...What happens in reality is both...
Con Kontikos
  • Apr 8 2014
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Running out of ideas? (also four words!)
    Greg Savage
    • Apr 8 2014
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    .. actually you used seven words there Con...really helpful ones too...
Babs Khanduja
  • Apr 8 2014
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Lol, brilliant, short & succinct, like it!
Kumar
  • Apr 8 2014
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Easy said then done though true
Nigel Mills
  • Apr 8 2014
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If a candidate is dismissive, curt, or in any way impolite or rude to our Receptionist they're always going to be a no.
Daniel
  • Apr 8 2014
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wow ... what incredible wisdom Greg. I'm impressed.
GIta Lowe
  • Apr 8 2014
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I very bravely let go ALL of my recruiters over a period of 3 months, and as hard as it was it was best thing I ever did. When they are no longer there, you very quickly see that they actually added no value and were just a salary donation. For me, the same principle applies to support staff as they are equally accountable for service delivery and can make or break you. Be BOLD, do it and move on. @Greg, harsh truth but so valuable.
Anne McDonald
  • Apr 8 2014
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Throwing up? or Through up? When an owner hears that a recruiter is leaving, does the owner throw up (literally and figuratively) and think how am I going to get along without this person? Or does the owner through up their arms with joy and elation -and do a little jig? For me, this test is the easiest way to answer my own question of "should they stay or should they go." Heard of the book "The No Asshole Rule" Bob Sutton? Along the same lines as your short blog.
Freyja White
  • Apr 9 2014
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You have become my Yoda. And I did giggle at your truth. Because it is.
Cindy
  • Apr 9 2014
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Compliments my three quite nicely: Just say no!
Joanna
  • Apr 10 2014
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Just curious what stays behind this 4 words. But totally agreed.
John
  • Oct 9 2014
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The CEO of MOO.com said in a presentation: "I'd rather have a hole in my team than an asshole in my team" - a slightly more blunt way of stating your great plan. Tx
Kevin Dee
  • Oct 9 2014
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An elegant truth ... well a truth!

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