Jeff Bezos Leadership Principles : Jeff Bezos on Hiring

How to start a business and hire the best employees? Jeff Bezos and Amazon recruiting are one of the most effective in the world. Amazon's 14 leadership and hiring principles help them to win a competition. In this video, I reveal how the top 5 secrets of how to recruit employees and build a great team in Jeff Bezos's (Amazon) way.

00:00 - Hiring and recruiting
02:30 - Jeff Bezos tips for recruiting
05:25 - How is the best candidate for Jeff Bezos
07:20 - What Jeff Bezos thinks about leaders?
08:57 - Act untraditional
10:09 - 14 Leadership principles of Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos's recruitment strategy and method are summed up in 5 principles that we will discuss in detail and see how this widely recognized genius hire his employees with the structure that he imparted to his company.

Here are 5 principles Jeff Bezos has instituted in his hiring and recruiting principles:
Amazon recruiting tip #1: Bezos principle of “adaptability” is remarkable, for he has stated this: These are people of critical thinking and do not mind the prospect of changing directions. The smartest people have gone through trial and error and with an understanding of the problems they have faced in numerals feats they have kept their focus on what really matters… keeping a strong balance on dreams and inner personal skills to adapt to the changing wind of life.

Amazon recruiting tip #2: Being able to admit when you are wrong. Jeff Bezos said: “Good leaders are right a lot. You’re not going to be right all the time, but I think with practice, you can be right more often.” We love the fact that we can tell someone “see that, I told you so.” Bezos says that “Good leaders are right a lot”, not all of the time.

Amazon recruiting tip #3: Be different. Bezos looks for qualities that make a person stand out, not the typical. He has said that he looks for “a little bit radical or a bit of a rebel” and no he does not shy away from “mavericks” either. These distinguishing qualities are part of Bezos hiring strategy and he keeps to this like keeping his infectious laugh that has many commenting on their posts on the internet. Do not be afraid to be nontraditional in your choice of candidates to hire at your business. Let the experience speak for itself and the role that they will play at your company will follow with your leadership.

Amazon recruiting tip # 4: Study the 14 Leadership Principles of Jeff Bezos. He looks for candidates that are sound with these principles and have applied them to their life for success. Here Are a few titles of his principles: Customer Obsession, Ownership, Invent and Simplify, Learn and be Curious, and Hire and Develop. Amazon recruitment process has stated that the Leadership principles are used every day. These principles are not some random words thrown together but a collection of his hiring, decision-making practices, core values, and wisdom that he uses to impart not only to his leaders but, employees apply them regularly. In fact, employees have stated that the principles have helped in securing a job at Amazon. Study the principles of Bezos, they will help you manage efficiently the tasks of hiring.

[shannonhicks]

Very enlightening... Your video is informative and savvy. Thanks for making a video like this, it really gives me an edge for hiring and I can also use these principles for employment.

[weetos]

Awesome video!! Really well edited 👍

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