How to Hire for the Weaknesses You Lack

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When you have a firm grasp on all your weaknesses, that actually frees you up to double down on your strength. And then you can hire for the traits you lack. Paul has two pieces of advice for that: select really honest people when hiring and be open enough to allow raw advice to land.

The more your business scales, the more tempting it is to delegate your company’s recruiting efforts. Resist that urge! You should always be recruiting. Featuring Paul English, co-founder of travel search platform Kayak, this episode guides us through five critical lessons for the hiring journey. English is passionate and relentless about the subject of recruiting – and the scale of the stakes: “The first 10 people you hire set the tone for the next thousand people you hire."

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