“我们最优秀的一些员工,是我认识了很多年的人。我们在过去 5 到 7 年里做的许多招聘,有些人我是认识了 20 年。” Apollo Global(阿波罗全球)高管 John Zito 的招聘公式很简单:寻找有使命感、高品格、并且你真正了解、知道是好人的候选人。 "Some of our best hires are people I've known for a very long time. A lot of our hires that we've made in the last 5-7 years, I knew them for 20." @apolloglobal's John Zito's hiring formula is simple: find people with purpose, high character, and who you know are good people.
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“我们最优秀的一些员工,是我认识了很多年的人。我们在过去 5 到 7 年里做的许多招聘,有些人我是认识了 20 年。”
Apollo Global(阿波罗全球)高管 John Zito 的招聘公式很简单:寻找有使命感、高品格、并且你真正了解、知道是好人的候选人。
"Some of our best hires are people I've known for a very long time. A lot of our hires that we've made in the last 5-7 years, I knew them for 20."
@apolloglobal's John Zito's hiring formula is simple: find people with purpose, high character, and who you know are good people.
ABAB AI 解读
一、顶级机构强调的是“长期关系资本”(Relationship Capital)
在 Apollo 这种管理数千亿美金的大型资产管理机构里,用人逻辑完全不同于互联网公司或一般企业:
- 项目周期长
- 投资规模大
- 风险承担巨大
- 信息高度不对称
- 内部必须绝对信任
因此,他们更相信:人是最大的风险因素,也是最大的资产。关系越长,风险越低。
Zito 的意思是:
- 不找“看起来聪明的人”
- 不找“来历不明的高简历候选人”
- 而是找“我长期了解、经历过风雨考验的人”
这是极典型的华尔街顶级机构心态。
二、他所强调的三点(purpose、character、good people)不是情绪化,而是战略性指标
Zito 明确说:
- Purpose(使命感)
- High Character(高品格)
- Good People(本质上是好人)
这是投资行业的关键:
1. 使命感 = 抗周期能力
投资任务巨大,又常面临波动压力,没使命感的人很容易在压力下失控或崩溃。
2. 品格 = 信任资本
在涉及巨额资金、长期项目、复杂合规的行业里,品格远比聪明重要。
因为违规、撒谎、利益冲突会瞬间毁掉一个基金。
3. 好人 = 长期可合作的人
这不是情绪判断,而是:
- 稳定
- 可依赖
- 不搞政治
- 不会在关键时刻“背刺团队”
在 Apollo 这种高压环境里,“好人”意味着可持续合作。
三、“认识 20 年的人”意味着:用人从来不是招聘,而是“预先培育关系池”
Zito 讲的更深层含义是:优秀人才不是去市场找,而是提前 10、20 年在网络里培养和观察。
这也是:
- 顶级风投
- 顶级 PE
- 顶级银行家
- 顶级对冲基金
- 共同的用人模式。
他们的“人才池”不是猎头收来的,而是多年来:
- 一起合作
- 一起犯错
- 一起经历压力
- 见过对方的底线
- 见过对方的逆境表现
这些才是判断一个人才最关键的维度。
简而言之:长期关系比简历可靠得多。
四、这段话背后的现实:顶级机构的文化就是“信任 > 技能”
从 Zito 的话你可以总结出一个被外界低估的事实:
- 技能可以训练
- 经验可以积累
- 但品格与信任无法复制
- 也无法快速缩短时间测试
Apollo、Blackstone、KKR 等顶级机构之所以能几十年屹立不倒,靠的就是:把“人”当成战略资源,而不是短期生产工具。
结论
John Zito 的本质观点是:顶级机构真正依赖的不是招聘市场,而是长期关系网络;他们更看重品格、使命感和信任,而不是短期技能。对 Apollo 这种高度复杂、风险巨大的平台来说,“认识很久的人”与“真正的好人”就是最核心的人才护城河。
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