How to Find the Right People for the Job Market

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On three, recruit people whose strengths are your weaknesses. From the very first meeting, paul english and steve hafner discovered that they had complimentary skill sets. The interesting thing is, we then went pitch graylock on kayak, and graylock turned to stone. Hey, no investor gets it right every time. And likewise, the majority of recruiting meetings don't end with forming a billion dollar business. When you're scouting for talent, you'll fail more often than you'll succeed. That's just one more reason to keep doing it.

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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