Tag Archive for: hiring

Job Placement Disasters; Why I Love DISC Personality Tests

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In 1985, I applied for a job at Copper Mountain Ski Resort in Colorado because I wanted to be a ski bum - and to ski for free, you had to have a job on the mountain. I applied to be a waiter because I just wanted to wait tables, ski, and drink beer (not necessarily in that order). But, Copper Mountain was owned by Mobile Oil at the time, and they were trying to bring “real hiring and management science” to those crazy ski resorts. This “science” consisted of giving every job applicant an aptitude test with insanely easy questions, e.g. "If it is sunny outside, is it day or night?"Read More

Why Hiring Recent College Grads In The Digital Age Is SO Necessary And Valuable

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We have a large “Technology Committee” that meets every Friday to review and discuss all of our tech issues, opportunities, and solutions.  During last Friday’s meeting, two of our newer […]Read More

JVM’s Hiring – The Most Talented People in The World :)

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We are often asked how we so consistently foster such great client experiences. And while it is partly a result of our training, systems and culture, it is mostly b/c […]Read More

How To Spot “Grit” When Interviewing, and Why It Is SO Necessary

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A few years ago we hired an extraordinarily talented team member right after she graduated from a top university. She was exceptionally smart, articulate, fun, engaging, charming, etc., and her […]Read More

Hire “Brains and Character” Over Experience; Avoid “Crisis Hiring”

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Today we welcome three new hires to the JVM team! We preach this often, but always think it bears repeating. We have discovered over much trial and error that it […]Read More

Why We Hire Brains & Character Over Experience

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Last I week I blogged about our office manager who embezzled $200,000, and how she was a result of a “panic hire.” We needed help so badly that we hired […]Read More

How To Hire Great People; Horror Story

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It was June of 2011 when Heejin noticed one of our deposits was smaller than it was supposed to be. So Heejin dug a little deeper and found a bunch […]Read More

Why We (& Everyone Should) Pay Employees Above Market Wages

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In another excellent James Altucher Podcast, the founder of WordPress (Matt Mullenweg) told some great stories about compensation. First, when Matt was only 19, he got a job in San […]Read More

College vs. No College; Hiring & Interviewing Tips; “Give A Damn & Empathy”

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James Altucher recently had Ryan Deiss (the young founder of a huge digital marketing firm) on an excellent podcast. They both strongly advocated not going to college, despite the fact […]Read More

Kung Fu Panda Organization For Freedom And Growth

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Eric Weinstein is a PhD in mathematical physics from Harvard, and a managing director at Thiel Capital. Eric is one of the smartest guys in Silicon Valley working for the […]Read More

The Girl In The Front Row

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When I was an econ major in college, there was a girl who was in almost every one of my econ classes and I don’t think we ever exchanged more […]Read More

Hire An Assistant Please

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A good friend of ours who runs a large mortgage bank recently wasted an afternoon doing all of his own travel arrangements. When Heejin found out, she told one of […]Read More

Why and How to Hire “Nice” Over Talent; “Nice” is Essential

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I worked for an investment bank in the late 1980s and the “Analyst” staff was dominated by an extremely talented young guy who also happened to be a bombastic jerk. […]Read More

The Importance of Hiring “Smart”

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Here are some of our tougher deals that fell out at other lenders: 1) A purchase involving comingled gift funds that cannot be sourced. The entire down payment of “gift […]Read More