Don't forget, though, that some of the Wikipedians may have decent experience either as CEO's themselves, or in HR - or even working under CEO's!
So there may be important insight to gain from them and their advice :) Especially as it is likely to be a no BS assessment.
When I hire people I usually round up the final candidates and take them to lunch with some of the current employees - and then debrief informally later to see what they thought. This is almost always the best hiring advice you will ever get.
Tom
On 5 September 2011 10:19, James Forrester jdforrester@gmail.com wrote:
On 5 September 2011 09:12, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
I humbly assert that this process (many Wikipedians, face to face, in a pub in London) breaks any modern standards of the selection process (e.g. all candidates being asked the same set of questions).
Well, the way I see it it's more that it's an opportunity for the potential Chiefs Executive to consider whether they really want to serve our community - so best behaviour from all attendees, please!
Certainly, I wouldn't want the Board to make a decision based on a few idle chats in a pub, but I'm sure they wouldn't.
Yours,
James D. Forrester jdforrester@wikimedia.org | jdforrester@gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
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