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finding needles

I quote Steve Jobs as to the difficulty in finding the right applicant to fill the vacancy whether it's a new position or as a back-fill for someone who left the company. This is what he said:

Recruiting is hard. It’s just finding the needles in the haystack. You can’t know enough in a one-hour interview.So, in the end, it’s ultimately based on your gut. How do I feel about this person? What are they like when they’re challenged? I ask everybody that: ‘Why are you here?’ The answers themselves are not what you’re looking for. It’s the meta-data.

I couldn't have said it any better. I mean, I've had successful recruits but sometimes you just get surprised. Your expectations weren't met and so you ask yourself about how the interview went. You just can't recall anything that would have told you about what will happen to the recruit, and to the team.


This week, we will be welcoming 2 or 3 more recruits to the team. Let's all hope for the best!




Cheers,
Team Lead with the lion heart

Brand New Day

Some kind of magic
happens late at night
when the moon smiles at me
and bathes me in its light


It's a brand new day
The sun is shining
It's a brand new day
For the first time in such a long, long time
I know I'll be OK




-Joshua Radin-








xoxo
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and when it's time...

It's inevitable. I'm going away... away from the family that I have known to love for the last two and a half years. The team who has taught me a lot of things; one of which was how to be strong to face the challenges ahead. I can try to show to them how they mean to me, individually and as a whole group. But I don't wanna cry every time. 


Inasmuch as I want to say that I've been proud to watch them grow because I had been part of all of it; but I know that they have made me strong and fragile at the same time. These days, I love to look at our photos to reminisce while I am still here with them. It's my way of coping when I know that I will hit the lowest and feel loneliest without my team. 


There have already been changes as a team usually goes through in any company. I already have 7 members who are no longer part of the team, and we are also expecting 3 more soon. Just like in life --- You win some, and you lose some. Although I do not believe I lost any of them, we always try to communicate to those 7 outside so they still know what's going on in the team. I guess we can never really learn to let go. And I wouldn't want to, anyway. 

This is a glass parade

A fragile state

And I am trying not to break 

And the stars are shining

The moon is right

And I would kill to be with you tonight 

Wish you told me all the truth

So afraid to face an absolute

All the fights you had to lose

All the fear was put upon you

I found you when you were broken

Too many cracks of deceit

I will give you all I have

Just look up, break down and believe