From the course: Succeeding as a First-Time Tech Manager
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Hiring for complementary skills
From the course: Succeeding as a First-Time Tech Manager
Hiring for complementary skills
- A common scenario you might run into as a new leader is the need to realign the team to meet new goals. This often requires different skill sets than what you currently have on your team. In my experience technical teams tend to look for technical talent, even when the role does not require technical skills. They overlook good candidates with right skills for the job because they're focused on the technical competency that the role doesn't even need. They miss out on an opportunity to hire the right talent for the role. Let me give you an example. A few years ago I took over a product team that had the goal of onboarding 100 thousand customers in the following year. A critical piece on this onboarding was certification. But when I evaluated the skill set within my team, I realized that no one had an understanding of how to create certification programs. So we decided to hire a certification manager. The immediate…
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