how do you hire well?
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Recap from the Nov. 19 Capital Ideas event featuring Shelly Barless of Dust Queen Maid Service, Chris Sills of Tres Carnales and Catherine Vu of Pro-Active IT. Originally published in the Edmonton Journal.TRANSCRIPT
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“If someone comes to me with that heart and that desire to learn, and they are giving me the indication that they want to be here for the long haul, then sometimes I’ll throw the experience factor out the window … Being able to mould and shape employees is an opportunity we never turn down.”— Chris Sills, co-owner of Tres Carnales and Rostizado — trescarnales.com
For the full recap of “How do you hire well?,” including video and audio, visit capitalideasedmonton.com/events
Here’s what Capital Ideas members took away from the Nov. 19 panel:
“I’m very flexible and really listen to what [employees] want, be that time off or babysitting services … I don’t expect them to be at a desk all day … and I don’t question their time as long as they’ve put in the work”— Catherine Vu, owner and chief uptime officer at Pro-Active IT — proactiveit.ca
“You can’t train personality — it’s equally important as their skill set. You need to make sure that the personality aligns with the role that you’re hiring for… remember that.” — Shelly Barless, founder, president and CEO of Dust Queen Maid Service — dustqueen.com
“Passion in employees is so important... But it needs to be coupled with dedication.”— Sarah Aaron, policy analyst at government of Alberta — alberta.ca
“In 30 days, you can tell if [a new hire] is going to be a good fit.”— Trevor Boller, owner of Trevor Boller Photography (trevorboller.com)
“[Chris Sills] says that to hire well, staff must ‘drink the Kool-Aid’ (a.k.a. buy into the culture). I couldn’t agree more.”— Crystal Carwin Lee, sales planning co-ordinator at Edmonton Journal — edmontonjournal.com
“Wow. Great experience shared from a really great panel. Thanks Capital Ideas.”— Colin Christensen, principal at Think Hire — thinkhire.ca
“Hire people who are the right fit for the right role AND your organization’s culture.”— Lauren Sergy, founder of Up Front Communications —laurensergy.com
“[It’s] all about fit and buying into corporate culture!”— Cecile Wendlandt, director of adviser recruiting at Freedom 55 Financial — freedom55financial.com
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THANK YOU!Derek Koizumi, a relationship manager at ATB Business, congratulates door-prize winner Trevor Boller of Trevor Boller Photography (trevorboller.com).
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