Shake Up Your Hiring: 10 Rebel Moves
Hiring doesn’t have to feel like Groundhog Day. Same cookie-cutter job posts. Same endless interview rounds. Same great candidates slipping through the cracks because the process drags on forever.
Let’s not do that this week. Let’s shake things up a little. Here are 10 ways to make your hiring faster, smarter, and a whole lot more human—straight from the Rebel playbook.
1. Hire Someone Over 40
Experience doesn’t come with an expiration date. People over 40 bring perspective, grit, and the kind of “I’ve seen this before” wisdom you can’t Google. And yes, they can keep up just fine with the 20-somethings (and usually outlast them).
2. Stop With the 7 Rounds
By round three, you should know whether you want to move forward. Dragging candidates through six, seven, or eight hoops? You’re not learning more you’re just losing them to someone who moved faster.
3. Coordinate Your Hiring Team
If every interviewer asks, “So, tell me about yourself,” you’ve wasted time. Split up the questions. Cover different angles. Compare notes. Boom you’ve actually learned something new.
4. Give the “Job Hopper” a Fair Shot
Life happens. Layoffs, toxic bosses, industries collapsing. Short stints don’t always mean flaky. Sometimes they mean resilient. Ask before you assume.
5. Reject Like a Human
Ghosting is easy but it’s also lazy. Pick up the phone. Two minutes of honesty beats weeks of candidates wondering what happened.
6. Take a Chance on the Career Switcher
The teacher turned project manager. The marketer who dove into data. The veteran moving into operations. Career switchers bring fresh ideas and they’re usually scrappy as hell.
7. Forget “Culture Fit”
Culture fit is code for “we hire clones.” Snooze. Look for culture add the people who bring something new to the table. That’s how you grow, not how you stay stuck.
8. Let the Quiet Ones Breathe
Not everyone shines in rapid-fire interviews. Silence doesn’t mean they’re lost—it usually means they’re thinking. Give them space. The best answers often come after the pause.
9. Be Flexible With Scheduling
Your “Tuesday at 11 AM only” demand? Not working. People have jobs, kids, and lives. Give them options and watch how much more positive the experience feels.
10. Don’t Delete Good Candidates
That “almost hire” you passed on? Don’t toss them like leftovers. Stay in touch. Next month, they might be the one.
Rebel Wrap-Up
Hiring doesn’t need more hoops. It needs more humanity. Stop following the dusty old playbook and you’ll uncover talent everyone else is overlooking.
And if you need help finding those “against the grain” hires… you know where to find me.
👉 Recruiting Rebel, at your service.
