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Attract talent
The very first part of the definition of a creative agency is that it ‘brings together talented people’.
Therefore, this objective is one of the most important parts of your job as a leader.
Most agencies complain about how hard it is to recruit enough great people.
But healthy agencies, besides being naturally more attractive as a result of being healthy, have actively designed and implemented approaches that create an effective ‘on ramp’ for talent.
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Write clear person profiles
Early on in the recruitment process it’s important to capture exactly what kind of person you’re looking for.
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Design structured job interviews
What you should do at three phases of a structured interview — before, during and afterwards.