Hiring Staff Archives

Leading business expert, Jim Collins, says it is more important to “get the right people on the bus” than it is to get the right business idea. People are the most important contributor. Therefore, hiring staff is a skill every business needs to perfect. Learn about how recruiting is similar to Sales and Marketing. The concept of the Sales Funnel applies. Ensure that you have clear goals in place for the person you are hiring. Learn how to do this. Then you will learn about getting leads; ranking candidates; interviewing; checking references and more. Once you have finished hiring staff work through the other sections in “Manage Yourself, Staff and Others“

18JulJuly 18, 2022

Hiring First Managers

This article discusses hiring your business's first managers and supervisors.This typically starts to happen in what we have called the Small Business (5-19 Staff) phase of your business growth journey.We begin with refreshing your mind on some of our other discussions on the affordability, timing and budgeting for staff. Then...

By Scott WilliamsD5 Manage Yourself, Staff and Other PeopleDeveloping Leadership Skills, Hiring Staff, How to Manage Outsourcing, How to Manage Stress, Outsource Sales and Marketing, Staff Training, Time Management Skills0 Comments

18JulJuly 18, 2022

Hiring Staff: When and Who

Learn about hiring staff, the decision about when to hire your next member of staff and what positions to consider first. This article is aimed, primarily, at owners hiring their first few staff members. But additionally, it suggests a thought process and habits that will be useful even when your...

13JanJanuary 13, 2017

Human Resources Tip Bits

Human Resources is one of the essentials that make your business work. Without people, it is most unlikely that your business will scale to any size. This is a collection of pearls of wisdom, about employing and getting the most from people, distilled from many sources. Yellow belt

By Scott WilliamsD5 Manage Yourself, Staff and Other PeopleHiring Staff, HR Hire, HR Structure, Human Resources Structure, Staff, Yellow Belt0 Comments

05OctOctober 5, 2016

Secrets to Staffing Your Business Menu

People make your business function! Prominent business writers like Jim Collins say that the first step for a successful business is to "get the right people on the bus". This menu collects distilled wisdom on staffing related issues. Yellow Belt

By Scott WilliamsD5 Manage Yourself, Staff and Other PeopleHiring Staff, Human Resources Structure, Staff, Yellow Belt0 Comments

21SepSeptember 21, 2016

Hiring Staff

People are probably the most important contributor to your business, getting the right ones on board will be a critical determinant of your business' success. Hiring staff is a skill every business needs to perfect. Yellow Belt

By Scott WilliamsD5 Manage Yourself, Staff and Other PeopleHiring Staff, HR Hire, Recipe, Staff, Yellow Belt0 Comments

04SepSeptember 4, 2016

Peter Principle: Promotion to Incompetency

Laurence J Peters in his book “The Peter Principle” (Peters & Hull, 1969) argues that people are likely to be promoted until they reach a point where they are unacceptably incompetent. At this point, they are unlikely to be promoted any further (at least in a well ordered organisation) because...

By Scott WilliamsD5 Manage Yourself, Staff and Other PeopleBusiness Partners, Constructive Dismissal and Redundancy, Hiring Staff, How to Improve Motivation, HR Evaluation, HR Fire, HR Productivity, HR Structure, Human Resources Structure, Personal Development, Staff, Staff Performance, Yellow Belt0 Comments

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Hiring First Managers

Hiring Staff: When and Who

Human Resources Tip Bits

Secrets to Staffing Your Business Menu

Hiring Staff

Peter Principle: Promotion to Incompetency

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