In ten minutes, over a beer, I found out more about this guy than I can usually learn about somebody we're thinking of hiring during an hour-long employment interview. Many make the mistake of assuming that there's a lot more to the relationship than that. In the private sector, you're being judged by your ability to add to the bottom line. That's as it should be, because an employer who isn't thinking in these terms doesn't get to be an employer for very long. I know that if I get this wrong, a big mistake is about to happen for both the employee and for our company.
Life's too short.
The number of people I've interviewed who have no clue about why they want to work in the first place simply amazes me. As a result, they're looking for the wrong job, from the wrong companies, for the wrong compensation. Six months later, they hate their new job and may even be looking for another one already. It doesn't have to happen. Why I work I have the best job in the world.