When you're looking for the right people to complete your annual giving team, here are a few tips to keep in mind:
1. It's an Employer's Market: at first, this may sound insensitive, but if you've ever been in a position when you didn't think you could find the ideal fit to meet your needs - that wasn't now. In 2009, you've got the pick of applicants. Take your time, do multiple interviews, consider multiple options, be sure to cover your bases.
2. Fit the Person not the Position: Use whatever flexibility you have to hire the best people to bring onto your team, rather than trying to fit people into particular slots. You'll get close to the slots anyway, job applicants usually know what they are applying for. Plus, you never find exact matches. That's one reason turnover tends to be so high in recent times.
3. Effort Can Go Further than Talent: Every coach of every sport knows that a player with raw talent can be beaten by another player who is going all out to win. This principle shows itself in the office constantly. Truly you want everyone working for you to being giving 100% every day - find people who you trust to do that.
4. Developing Talent Takes Effort and Time: This is true of the talent that walks in the door before you get started, and it's true of the talent you build within your office too. Using the sports analogy again, the championship team is often one that has practiced and improved its skill level so much that it can look quite effortless even as it executes perfect plays. That is exactly what you should want on your own team.
For help recruiting the best talent for your annual giving team, contact Brian Lacy & Associates today.
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