E24: What Is an A-Player and Can I Really Afford to Hire One?

When it comes to recruitment, we love to throw around the term “A-player”.

 

We want to hire A-players! We need more A-players! We only hire A-players!

 

But… what exactly is an A-player. And can your business really afford one?

 

Put simply, an A-player is someone who outperforms most other people in a similar position and level.

 

When you have A-players, you’ get incredible bang for your buck!

 

Here’s how to hire one:

 

1/ Choose a specific role

 

For example, it’s much easier and cheaper to a find an A-player to be your Social Media Manager than it is to find one to be your Head of Marketing

 

2/ Document your existing processes so they don’t need to be an expert in everything

 

3/ Look at the key skills they need to excel in this job

 

Our Social Media Manager will need to be great at copywriting. But they do not need 5 years of Twitter experience!

 

4/ Hire for these key skills, and alignment with your company values

 

5/ Find someone who’s in the top 10–20% given the role and compensation

 

This is how you fill your team with A-players. If we’re specific enough on the role, it becomes very affordable.

 

We go deeper on this in today’s episode of De-stress Your Business.

 

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