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> A management resume talks concretely about growing a team. FWIW, this is also methodology-oriented, not results-oriented. Hiring people costs a business mone
by curun1r 9y ago
> A management resume talks concretely about growing a team.
FWIW, this is also methodology-oriented, not results-oriented. Hiring people costs a business money. It only makes more money if they're effectively deployed and utilized. Hiring the right people is a critical task for any manager, but listing only hiring on a resume should be a huge red flag. A manager should be able to demonstrate how s/he was able to apply those hires to efficiently meet business goals.
This was an area of frustration for me at my last managerial gig. It was always a challenge to decouple headcount from influence in the minds of upper management. Too many teams just hired and hired and had very little accountability for delivering results commensurate with how they were resourced. We also had smaller teams that were delivering a ton of value to the company whose leadership was constantly marginalized because upper management didn't see them as representing as large a percentage of the engineering team.
- beager 9y agoYou're absolutely right, and sorry for glossing it over there. Being able to hire is a competency, but deploying those hires for the success of the business and quantifying it is good performance. I will say, however, that in highly competitive/politicized hiring environments, wresting away budget for hiring can be an indication of good performance, but that should be stated.