Writing again for the Huffington Post, GLG CEO Alexander Saint-Amand discusses the importance of garnering an understanding of potential employee\u2019s values both in and out of the workplace.<\/p>\n
Last week, Reid Hoffman, the chairman and co-founder of LinkedIn, told attendees at The WorldPost\u2019s Future of Work Conference that he asks every candidate pursuing a position at his company what job they want after LinkedIn. It\u2019s a great question, one that most companies don\u2019t ask. As Reid points out, at a minimum it establishes trust, because odds are that employees won\u2019t stay at any job for their entire career.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s another question I like to ask candidates:<\/p>\n
What would you do with your career if you had $50m in the bank?<\/p>\n
What I\u2019m really asking is what they would do with their time if money wasn\u2019t an issue. Would they coach high school basketball? If so, they likely value teaching and mentoring. Would they sail around the world solo for two years? If so, that says something different.<\/p>\n
Almost everyone stumbles for a minute. There\u2019s no right answer. Some start fishing for what they think we might want to hear. Eventually we start having a real conversation.<\/p>\n