Jeff Bezos - CEO of Amazon is at the top of the list of 100 best CEOs in the world voted by Harvard Business Review magazine. Thanks to his brilliant vision, brilliant commerce strategy, Amazon has succeeded through convenient and innovative ways of selling.
Amazon started out as a small company with a small number of employees, but with great ambition, Amazon has now built a worldwide sales network. So what factors make the corporation become the largest online shopping site today?
One of the important factors that Bezos focuses on is setting strict recruitment standards. In 1998, in a letter to shareholders, he wrote: "In the context of the globalized Internet, Amazon cannot succeed without competent people..."
1. What shows that this employee will become a star while working at Amazon?
What Bezos looks for in a new employee is to have a special skill, talent, or difference that creates diversity in the company's culture, contributes to the joy and excitement of the company. Workplace. Personal interests and skills will make you stand out in the eyes of Bezos because according to him, there are many skills that need to be learned and developed, for example, he will appreciate an employee who has held a championship. in some competition, or has a talent for chess, sports, etc. and that's what he wants to see in employees.
2. Would you admire this employee?
One of the key criteria that Bezos sets for Amazon's recruiters is "admiration." He wants leaders and managers of departments and divisions to admire the people they bring to their team. Because employees are the contributors and bring success to the company. Not only from one side, but leaders themselves must respect their employees, which creates great strength and inspiration. From there, the company will always maintain high standards in recruitment.
3. Does this person increase the overall work efficiency of the team when recruited?
According to Bezos, the goal for new employees is to contribute to the efficiency of the team - the team, to promote the development of the company. He doesn't want employees to apply to Amazon just because they think this is a big company and can highlight their CVs, but they need to really "fight" and dedicate themselves to creating success. bigger. Or to put it in the words of Bezos, “The ladder of standards always goes up. I ask people to envision how the company will grow in the next five years.” At that point, each of us can proudly say, “The standards of the company are so high right now, I'm so proud to have been employed here.”
The success of Amazon over the past 15 years has proven that his recruitment policy is absolutely right and effective. Therefore, if you are a leader and are interested in the development of your company, first you must build the company culture foundation and apply it to the recruitment process. Then look for effective ways to uphold the standards in hiring. In case you might not want to apply Amazon's entire hiring philosophy, choose 1 or 2 questions that follow the Bezos standard.
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