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A small business can apply the hiring and management principles covered in "How Google Works" in several ways. Firstly, they can set high standards from the beginning to foster an environment of innovation and creativity. Secondly, they can hire for intelligence and learnability, understanding that today's skills may become obsolete tomorrow. This involves creating opportunities for employees to learn new skills, even those not directly related to their work. Thirdly, they can hire talented individuals who may not match their ideal qualifications, titles, and experience, and challenge them to do new things. Fourthly, they can make recruiting everyone's job, measuring performance in recruiting and including it in performance appraisals. Lastly, they can keep interviews short to ensure efficiency.
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Set the bar high: A workplace with Smart Creatives attracts more Smart Creatives creating an environment of innovation and creativity. The bar has to be set high from the very beginning. Hire for intelligence and learnability: In a world of rapid change, today's skills will become obsolete tomorrow. Once you hire, consistently create new opportunities for learning new skills, even those not directly related to their work. Hire for talent: Hire great talent who may not match your ideal qualifications, titles, and experience, and challenge them to do new things. They will join you as you are willing to bet on them. This applies in the case of hiring senior candidates as well. Recruiting is everyone's job: Recruiters can be tempted to hire average talent to meet targets. It's the company that bears the consequences. An excellent way to make recruiting everyone's job is to measure their performance in recruiting and include it in performance appraisals. Keep interviews short: Limit interv...
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