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Talent profiles There’s no silver bullet for hiring the right people, but that shouldn’t stop you from at least building a baseline for your talent expectation.
I ’ve been back at Zweig Group for a little over two and a half years now. This is my second stint with the company, and one thing that I’ve realized is that we have a very distinct culture that, seen through the eyes of the employee, can be viewed as feast or famine depending on your personality. We are not the kind of operation where you have to ask permission to do everything. We are the exact opposite. The expectation is that you will try to understand what’s working, maybe break some things in the process and hopefully end up with a bigger and better mousetrap.
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their current environment. It sounds like a lot of moving parts, I know, but it’s necessary to make sure that you are identifying the right people for the right roles within your organization. I know what you’re thinking – if only there was a program that took care of this for me! “You can create a baseline of your talent expectation by using available personality tests, currently on the market, to figure out what the standard for your organization is.”
From firm founder and chairman Mark Zweig, to president and CEO Chad Clinehens, and on down the organization chart, we are driven by a desire to be successful and break new ground in the design industry’s consulting and publication arena. As an executive search consultant, I’m constantly trying to help firms identify and describe their culture and what makes them unique. In addition to having a better understanding of what makes a firm tick is the knowledge of the type of people that thrive in that environment. Whenever I start a new search for a firm, I always ask the hiring manager for an example of the type of employee that they would like to hire. I want to know the age range, skill level, experience, background, and why that person works so well in
See RANDY WILBURN, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER July 10, 2017, ISSUE 1207
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