Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices What If Everything We Know About Hiring Is Wrong?, with William Vanderbloemen
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Nov 21, 2025 
William Vanderbloemen, CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, shares insights from his extensive experience in executive hiring. He highlights that hiring should focus on mental wiring rather than just skills, revealing how response speed and personality traits can indicate a candidate's fit. Vanderbloemen introduces his 12-lane framework for career alignment and discusses how understanding people’s motivations—whether purpose or progress-driven—affects team dynamics. He also emphasizes the importance of agility and self-awareness in thriving within an organization.
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Poodle Versus Great Dane Metaphor
- William compares people to dogs to illustrate natural fit for roles.
- He warns against forcing a Pomeranian into a Great Dane's job and urges finding your lane.
Self-Awareness Predicts Fit
- Self-awareness ranks low even among high performers, yet those who cultivate it perform better.
- Self-aware candidates can tell you which roles fit and which won't.
Hire Agility For Rapidly Changing Fields
- Prioritize agility for roles exposed to rapid change like marketing and tech.
- Hire people who actively learn new things and test that curiosity in interviews.
