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# Prepare a Hiring

## The What

How to kick off hiring? From the idea to the published job advertisement.

## The How

### **Dig **~~**not collect**~~** the hiring needs**

* Team Vision: what the team is trying to achieve?
* Business Strategy
  * Continue to improve the current market, or
  * Scale to other countries, or
  * Shrink to a maintenance mode?
* OKRs: both short term and long term

### **Decide the title**

* Align to the company framework
* Align to the local market
* Make sense to the team

### **Decide the salary**

* HR benchmark
* Market benchmark

### **Nail the** [**Position Description**](/tech-lead-handbook/hiring/position-description.md)

### **Get the approval**

* Budgeted if it is a vacancy to be backfilled
* Get the approval if it is a new headcount

### **Form a hiring team**

* Decide interviewers
* Be aware of diversity
* Give them a heads-up
* Debrief the interview process

## :white\_check\_mark: Exceptions

* Backfilling a vacancy is generally easier than hiring a new position

## :red\_circle: Red Flags

{% hint style="danger" %}
**Hiring the wrong one is worse than hiring no one**
{% endhint %}

## :scroll: Tips

* Move fast
* Engage stakeholders
* If you haven't hired anyone before, learn from others

## :hole: Pitfalls

* If the hiring need is wrong, everything is wrong