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Cyrus Majebi

Co-founder @ TwoCents

Lagos • Jan. 26, 2023, 11:11 a.m.

There's a saying in Hiring/HR - "Hire for a presence of strengths rather than an absence of weaknesses" with the idea being that everyone has weaknesses, so it makes sense to hire for the desired strengths and not worry too much about weaknesses.

Or in some cases, many hiring managers find some sort of "delta" or "net strength" which is something like a STRENGTHS - WEAKNESSES formula.

What has your experience with this been?

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Njoke Tangwing Raisa Ngwenyi Tech enthusiast, climat... @ Bamenda

Bamenda, Cameroon • Jan. 27, 2023, 10:39 a.m.

It's human nature to possess both strengths and weaknesses. Now if you're hiring, capitalism on the strengths with regards that position and look for ways to mitigate the weaknesses. My formula is "Understand human nature, capitalize on strengths and derive strategies to mitigate weaknesses". I hope I answered you correctly?

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