Independent Banker - January 2024 - 12

CURRENCIES
IN MY SPARE TIME
THE CHECKLIST
5 hiring practices to expand
your candidate pool
Try out these innovative hiring approaches to
ensure you're bringing in a fresh candidate with
valuable skills.
CREATE A THOROUGH, CLEAR JOB POSTING
Use bullet points to detail
responsibilities, required and
preferred qualifications and
benefits. Applicants are increasingly
expecting to see a salary range, too.
CONSIDER CANDIDATES OUTSIDE THE FIELD
You may encounter a candidate who's
looking for a career change and has
a fresh perspective with transferable
skills. As long as they're diligent and
teachable, they could be an innovative
new hire.
STEP OUTSIDE YOUR REFERRAL BUBBLE
People tend to associate with those of
similar backgrounds and personalities.
So if you hire only by referral, you may
miss out on people with different skill
sets, perspectives and experiences.
SEEK OUT BOTH HARD AND SOFT SKILLS
Hard skills-certifications, prior experience and
practical abilities-are essential for
mid- to senior-level positions. Make
sure you're also paying attention
to soft skills, such as effective
communication, self-awareness,
leadership and empathy.
RETHINK RESTRICTIVE GUIDELINES
Keep an open mind if a candidate has a
gap in their resume or has experience but
lacks a postsecondary degree. They might
have gathered and honed their skills
through practical experience or during
their period of unemployment.
Stan Sorensen's book pick
The chief marketing officer of Altabank in
American Fork, Utah, on a recent thoughtprovoking
read:
What book have you read recently that
you'd recommend? I recently finished No
Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah
Frier. I spent many years in the software
industry and am interested in stories about
companies in that space.
What's the book about? It gives a chronology
of the founding of Instagram through its
first years as a Facebook company. It talks
about the conflict between the two company
cultures and the political infighting that
ultimately drove the Instagram founders out.
What was your biggest takeaway?
An in-depth description of the lengths
Facebook will go to to remain relevant
to users. It's a good explanation of how,
despite thinking they were well-intentioned,
Instagram built a product that created a
skewed perception of reality and how that
led to the criticism around social media and
well-being.
Want to hear more
from Stan Sorensen?
Go to page 42 for
his comments on
succeeding in one
of the U.S.'s fastest
growing communities.
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