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“
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...