Great sports teams search the world for special talent. Rarely, does special talent come as the result of a ‘walk on.’ One way to hire is to post a job and interview candidates. This is akin to trying to find special talent in the crowd of ‘walk ons.’ Another approach is to search the world for special talent. People with special talent are almost never unemployed looking for a job. They are almost always already working somewhere, being quite successful at whatever it is they do. This is the pool of people you want to hire from.
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