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What
happens, when your
business starts to
grow and you need to
bring more people in
to help you with the
growth?
I worked training
the Un-employed in
Australia for 7
years. At that
time there was a
very high
unemployment rate
and many, people
queued up for the
same positions.
You would think that
the employer would
be able to pick the
cream of the crop.
Not so, very few
business owners,
knew how and who to
hire. And
worse yet, they had
employees on staff
that should have
been replaced long
ago.
Here
is a basic template
to follow,
Whether you
employ one person,
or fifty, choosing
the right employees
can be a challenge.
How do you know
which of the job
applicants will be
worth their weight
in gold, and which
will give you a run
for your money?
Well, the "secret"
to hiring the right
employee is to give
equal weight to five
different factors:
Education
Experience
Passion
Drive
Fit
Sometimes, the best
applicant is not the
one with 20 years of
experience.
Sometimes, the best
applicant is not the
one with the
Master's degree.
Focus your interview
questions around all
five traits, and the
"right" employee
will emerge.
What if it's a toss
up? Look closely at
the experience,
because past
experience is the
best indicator of
future success.
And not just
specific experience,
finding someone that
has a diversity of
experience is an
added bonus.
I
have added another
factor to consider
to the above list
and that is
something called:
Creativity
I
call this the "Tie
Breaker".
Today's business
solutions require
different
perspectives to
obtain the optimum
course of action.
This is not often
doing the same thing
over and over again.
Finding, new and
better ways of doing
things is of prime
importance.
Now, If
you're struggling
with current
employees, here are
four guidelines to
determine it's time
to let someone go:
You are
doing (or re-doing)
their work
They fail to reach
their goals on a
regular basis
The employee has not
taken your
admonishments to
heart
They negatively
impact other
employees around
them
Small business
owners do not have
the luxury of
keeping poor or
mediocre employees.
You must keep only
the best employees
for your business.
And, don't feel
guilty for letting
go of inefficient or
unproductive
persons. You're
growing a business,
not running a
charity.
Plus, I've learned
by experience that
I'm not doing anyone
any favors by
keeping a bad
employee around...
not the employee,
not my customers,
not the rest of my
staff, and not me!
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