Comments on: The Three C’s and One D of Great Hiring According to Small Business Owners http://artpetty.com/2010/02/03/the-three-cs-and-one-d-of-great-hiring-according-to-small-business-owners/ Art Petty on Leadership, Management and Professional Development Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Dodson http://artpetty.com/2010/02/03/the-three-cs-and-one-d-of-great-hiring-according-to-small-business-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-15175 James Dodson Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:15:12 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=3297#comment-15175 This is great straight forward advice, especially for evaluating a job applicant. Small and medium sized business are absolutely right with regard to stating that importance of "knowing both position and business." A person can meet or exceed all of the 3C's and 1D, but still not be a good fit for the organization. IMO small / medium sized business are better at identifying strong 3C's and D hires because they truly need these people to self motivate, problem solve and multitask in toays lean business environment. They understand that a bad hire can cost the business dearly. However; I think small business / medium sized business sometimes get in trouble with relationship hires. This is great straight forward advice, especially for evaluating a job applicant. Small and medium sized business are absolutely right with regard to stating that importance of “knowing both position and business.” A person can meet or exceed all of the 3C’s and 1D, but still not be a good fit for the organization. IMO small / medium sized business are better at identifying strong 3C’s and D hires because they truly need these people to self motivate, problem solve and multitask in toays lean business environment. They understand that a bad hire can cost the business dearly.

However; I think small business / medium sized business sometimes get in trouble with relationship hires.

]]> By: Art Petty http://artpetty.com/2010/02/03/the-three-cs-and-one-d-of-great-hiring-according-to-small-business-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-15153 Art Petty Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:41:12 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=3297#comment-15153 Brandon, thanks for the comment and nice cautionary observation! Brandon, thanks for the comment and nice cautionary observation!

]]> By: Brandon Stewart http://artpetty.com/2010/02/03/the-three-cs-and-one-d-of-great-hiring-according-to-small-business-owners/comment-page-1/#comment-15151 Brandon Stewart Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:06:11 +0000 http://artpetty.com/?p=3297#comment-15151 As a professional who frequently recruits out of the entry-level ranks, I whole-heartedly agree with your common sense approach. That usually pares down the candidate pool quite a bit (though it is somewhat disheartening more people don’t have those basic traits). My only addition to your list, from my experience, would be a cautionary tale about the role of job applicant etiquette. While it’s nice to see applicants do background research on your company or send thank you notes after interviews, managers should avoid the temptation to let those gestures fill in for deficiencies in your “three Cs and one D.” As a professional who frequently recruits out of the entry-level ranks, I whole-heartedly agree with your common sense approach. That usually pares down the candidate pool quite a bit (though it is somewhat disheartening more people don’t have those basic traits).

My only addition to your list, from my experience, would be a cautionary tale about the role of job applicant etiquette. While it’s nice to see applicants do background research on your company or send thank you notes after interviews, managers should avoid the temptation to let those gestures fill in for deficiencies in your “three Cs and one D.”

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