As a supervisor one responsibility that I am not yet used to is making the decision of who to hire for a position. This is one of the things I was refering to in my last post when I said I don't feel old enough for this much responsibility. All last week I was conducting interviews. Each person I talked with had different strengths that would be beneficial for the position. I find their unique stories and experiences intriguing so I quickly get wrapped up in them. And of course I want to help ALL of them.
Unfortunately, I have to make a decision to hire one person. I know that person will be thankful, but the difficult part is I have to then notify everyone else that I cannot offer them the position :( I know some think that I have no problems with this, but I really don't like disappointing people. I'm also one of those people that finds making decisions incredibly difficult. If it is a clear good versus bad decision... easy! But when there are multiple good outcomes and/or multiple bad outcomes, I will analyze and analyze and analyze all the possibilities until I've gone completely insane.
So, here's to hoping that ultimately my choice has the best outcome possible. However, I am going to enforce my authority as supervisor now and say that no one else is allowed to leave.... EVER!
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