🎙️ The Best in SaaS – Series 1, Episode 3
📌 Episode Title: How to Hire Like a Pro
🧭 Episode Overview:
Hiring is one of the most pivotal yet misunderstood tasks SaaS founders face. In this third episode of The Best in SaaS, host Richard Blundell welcomes JooBee Yeo, a hiring expert and Venture Scale Academy instructor, to dissect the exact frameworks and common pitfalls founders face when making early hires.
This is a hands-on, practical deep dive—not theory, but battle-tested lessons. Juby brings her expert-backed frameworks, now part of the Venture Scale Academy’s “How to Hire Like a Pro” course, into this candid and insightful conversation.
🎧 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
🔹 The True Cost of Bad Hires
- Richard opens up about his own hiring mistakes—some of which were costly.
- Why most hiring failures start long before the interview process.
- How self-awareness and systemization dramatically improve hiring outcomes.
🔹 The Strategic Power of a Job Description
- A job description isn’t just for advertising—it’s your strategic alignment tool across the entire employee lifecycle.
- Learn how to use the job description to:
- Screen during interviews.
- Set onboarding and performance expectations.
- Guide promotions, reviews, and exits.
- Why copying job descriptions from the internet can sabotage your hiring.
🔹 Before, During, and After Hiring Framework
Juby introduces her structured three-part framework:
- Before Hiring – Align on expectations, define success, and write role-specific outcomes.
- During Hiring – Use the job description actively in interviews and decision-making.
- After Hiring – Ensure onboarding, probation, and performance are all connected to the original JD.
🔹 Business-Critical Mindset Shift
- Most founders treat hiring as a tactical step; Juby shows why it’s strategic and foundational.
- Hiring well sets the stage for culture, productivity, and retention in early-stage teams.
👤 Guest Bio: JooBee
Juby is a talent strategist and hiring expert, collaborating with early-stage startups to help them scale smartly. She’s a core expert within the Venture Scale Academy and creator of the course “How to Hire Like a Pro”. Her frameworks have been applied by founders to make repeatable, confident, and mission-aligned hires.
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📂 Companion Course:
Access the full training, templates, and video lessons from Juby's “How to Hire Like a Pro” inside the Venture Scale Academy. Includes:
- Full framework lessons
- Downloadable tools
- Evaluation scorecards
- Interview planning guides
🧠 Key Takeaway:
“Hiring well isn’t a lucky break. It’s a repeatable skill, and it starts with clarity. A job description isn’t admin—it’s a leadership tool.” – Juby