The New Hire

Our new manager joined us eariler this month, and I can hardly contain my excitement. Do others feel this way when they find someone so perfectly suited to their team?

So today, I want to reflect on the hidden gems in the talent market and how to nurture their potential.

I believe there’s a segment of the talent market—people like me—who don’t work primarily for money. It’s not absolute of course, but if the average worker labors 80% for pay and 20% for experience, I’m closer to 40% for pay and 60% for experience. I’ve found someone cut from the same cloth. Well-dressed, well-educated, slightly soft-spoken yet strikingly intelligent, they grasp my words instantly, speaking with precision. How does someone of such caliber ask for so little?

I’m a touch skeptical—where’s the catch? But until it surfaces, I choose to savor this moment and embrace it. I look forward to a future conversation, perhaps over drinks, where they might share more of their story beyond the interview. 

Until then, I want to give the best employee experience anyone could ask for. The type where you wake up every morning eager to face the challenges at work, looking for what’s the next big thing around every corner, having every chance to push our intellectual capacity to the limit, reaping the successes of well-planned and well-executed strategies, seeing smiles on our fellow colleagues’ faces from the impact we’ve brought forth.

These are bold words, but I know they’re within reach. I’ve felt this spark before as an employee; now, as an employer, I aim to kindle it for as many as I can.

Note: this was proofread by Grok AI.