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How to choose your hiring team
Why Every Hiring Process Needs One Decision Maker Choosing the right people for your business is the most important thing you will do. So you might think that you need a team to get it right. Getting buy-in is a real thing, but it’s also a huge risk if not…
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What to pay attention to in interviews
Look for Evidence, Not Performance Interviews are a strange game when you really think about it. Two strangers meet, and in less than an hour, one tries to convince the other that they’re the perfect fit—while the other tries to figure out who they really are, based on very little…
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Pros and cons of investing in personality assessments
Hiring is a strange game. You’re trying to decide, after a few conversations, who someone actually is—and if they’ll thrive in your company. Personality assessments won’t give you a crystal ball, but used wisely, they can add just enough insight to help you make better, faster decisions. When to Use…
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The critical role of skills testing
Interviewing, in general, is kind of ridiculous. You meet someone. Ask a few questions back and forth. Maybe meet again. Or a few times. And then you enter into a contract to work together. A little wild. As someone who goes on vibe and overthinks everything, I’m still baffled by…
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Biases in interviewing: Confusing personality for potential
Hiring bias doesn’t just show up as prejudice. It also shows up as personality preference. And it’s common. But don’t let mistaking surface-level chemistry for real alignment sabotage your goals. When Personality Tricks You Into Saying Yes We’ve all done it. You sit down for an interview. Five minutes in,…
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Bringing people with you: Why promotions and cross-promotions matter
One of the biggest blind spots in growing a business is treating your team like a fixed puzzle—filling the open spaces and expecting nothing to shift. But people aren’t puzzle pieces. They’re living, evolving, and looking for momentum. In fact, the movement in your business might be what attracted them…
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Pre-screening: Saving your interview sanity
If you’ve ever found yourself burned out by, or dreading interviewing, you’re not alone. You start out with the best of intentions—“I’ll just meet people and see who feels right.” But after three awkward Zoom calls, a no-show, and two people who clearly didn’t read the job description—you start asking…
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Required vs. preferred experience—it’s not what you think
We treat experience like it’s math. Years on paper. Roles on a resume. Metrics in a bullet list. But experience isn’t math. It’s a story. And like any story, you have to read between the lines to get the whole thing. When you think about hiring someone with experience for…
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Why you need grace in resume screening
Let me guess… You want to post your job, be flooded with magical resumes, and feel like you’ve got a golden stack to sift through—each one better than the last. You want that “I’ll know it when I see it” moment. You want to grab the perfect resume, make the…
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Why I don’t follow timelines in hiring
You’ve probably heard it—or maybe said it yourself: “We need someone in this seat by the end of the month.” And while that sounds reasonable, real alignment rarely happens on a deadline. Now, I love a good timeline. I love a milestone to work toward, and I understand the very…
