From nravey at bellsouth.net Wed Sep 13 06:29:07 2006 From: nravey at bellsouth.net (Nina Ravey) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:29:07 -0500 Subject: [PrvPracNP] Emailing: 051025_monster2 Message-ID: <004201c6d738$97a71dd0$5901a8c0@NRAVEYMAIN> _____ USCC Home U.S. Chamber of Commerce Join Today U.S. Chamber of Commerce nav SMALL BUSINESS Issues & Advocacy Toolkits Employee Giving Employee Screening Employer Finance Gov't Contracting -Hiring Insurance Office Management Sales & Marketing Security Startup Tax Trade Docs and Forms Member Center Join navbottom Related About the Chamber Careers ChamberStore Events FAQs Programs Publications related_Bottom Related Save up to 20% on FedEx shipping Enjoy a 56% discount on all Yellow Standard Ground Less-Than-Truckload deliveries Up to 30% off online recruiting tools at Monster related_Bottom Small Business Center > Hiring Hiring Toolkit: Sponsored by Monster.com Hire Great People: 10 Simple Rules by Barbara Reinhold | Monster Contributing Writer Rule number one is clear, but very counterintuitive: Don't ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why not? Because from the beginning of time, executives have been unconsciously cloning themselves, stocking the shelves with vanilla young men from impressive schools. And what has happened to executives and companies that did that? As management guru Rosabeth Kanter observed, they often sink into the soft sand of irrelevance as the rough waters of current reality wash over them. Here are the other nine: 2. Hire for Attitude Rather than Skill Teaching skills is a snap compared with doing attitude transplants. Among the qualities you'll want most is a fierce sense of optimism. 3. Look for Renegades In interviews, ask when the person has been in trouble. The obedient employee will be of limited use to you in this change-up environment. 4. Hold out for Results Never hire someone with good potential but questionable habits, thinking you can change him or her. As in choosing mates, what you see now is what you get forever. 5. 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