Aligning with Employer Expectations
Code School Book — Morgan Lopes and Tim Whitacre (15/30)
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Great culture isn’t about ping-pong or beer Fridays.
Human behavior can be summarized in one word: incentives. Properly incentivized, we’ve watched people eat strange insects, race around the world on scavenger hunts, and starve themselves alone in the woods. Incentives drive people’s behavior.
Employers are people too. Despite interviews, questionnaires, references, and assessments, employers are just trying to understand three things. Regardless of how they pursue their answers, employers want to know:
- Can you do the work?
- Do you want to do the work?
- Will you fit well with the team?
I refer to these as the three Cs for hiring. There are all kinds of resources out there that reference various “three Cs for hiring” but I’ll point to mine as capability, curiosity, and culture.
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