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Scope First, Hire Second: Why Vague Work Descriptions Are Costing You More Than You Think

photographic image of birthday cake with toy turtle on top of it. Symbolizes the importance of scoping first and hiring second. Birthday cake has light blue frosting, turtle is light green with brown shell on its back. Four pre-teen boys are playing in the background in a room decorated for a birthday party.

A week before his birthday, Nathan sat down to enjoy breakfast and nonchalantly mentioned, “I really like the turtles.”

That was it. That was his whole story. It wasn’t a masterclass in project scoping for freelancers, but it was his proclamation for the day.

To be fair, he’s not quite ten years old and was about to scarf down a short stack of pancakes before running to catch the bus to school. You can’t really hold the quality of his project brief against him.

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