Hiring the right fit

“…it’s important to find and hire passionate people, who genuinely care about the business and its purpose. Purpose is no longer a buzzword. It’s a must-have.”
–Richard Branson

In my latest video, I feature an employee that wants to “do so much more.” This is exactly who we want to hire. We want employees that strive for bigger and better things. Richard Branson expands on this same topic in his blog. He stresses the importance of hiring a person whose personality matches the company’s mission versus someone who may simply have a certain skillset.

Basically, Branson is saying that you can teach someone with the right personality to perform certain skills, but you cannot teach someone how to have a personality that fits in your organization’s culture.

So what does this have to do with my project, Learn to Earn?

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