I thought hiring was the hard part.
It’s not.
The real risk starts after you say yes.
I learned this the expensive way
We brought on someone who looked perfect on paper.
Great resume.
Strong references
Calm, methodical, exactly what we thought we needed.
Month 1? Slow, but promising.
Month 2? Still “getting up to speed.”
Month 3? He tells us he’s at capacity with two clients.
That’s when it hit.
We didn’t just make a bad hire.
We let it drag on for months because we had no system to prove whether he was a fit.
And that costs us time, money, and energy.
Probably more than the salary itself.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth:
Most agencies don’t fail at hiring.
They fail at validating the hire early enough.
In this episode, I break down the exact system we use now to fix that:
The 30 day signal that tells you if they’re already a mismatch
Why “no news” from a new hire is actually a red flag
The real things you should be evaluating first (hint: not skills)
And the part I couldn’t ignore
If they’re not showing the right behaviors in week one
They’re not going to magically develop them later.
If you’re scaling and adding people right now, this one matters.
Catch the full episode on The Agency Uplift Podcast
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- Sean
P.S. The biggest mistake I see? Waiting until month 3 to make a decision. By then, you’ve already paid the price.