A quick test on hiring for early stage start-ups is to ask potential hires to put together a half-page work plan to manage a defined project.
Work plan has
- Date
- Task/actionable
- Status (complete, ongoing)
- Outcome
Work plan has
- Date
- Task/actionable
- Status (complete, ongoing)
- Outcome
If you cannot communicate a projects, (any project for that matter) in this fashion you are too much work to manage / you require handholding / not cut out for startups
😐
😐
If you cannot communicate (anything) in
- 1 page
- double spaced
- Arial 12
- 275 words or less.
You are not cut out for startups.
😐
- 1 page
- double spaced
- Arial 12
- 275 words or less.
You are not cut out for startups.
😐
- No one has time to manage you
- No one has time to teach you
- No one has time to do it for you
You should be able to manage your own time, teach yourself/learn on the job and DIY (do it yourself)
- No one has time to teach you
- No one has time to do it for you
You should be able to manage your own time, teach yourself/learn on the job and DIY (do it yourself)
If this is too much too ask of you, please don't quit your (corporate) day job for a fast growing startup.
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