Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners
Posted by Admin on Dec 12, 2012 in Davao Biz | 0 comments
A client posted an interesting topic regarding hiring tips for small business owners based on an article written by Peggie Arvidson-Dailey entitled 10 Hiring Tips for Small Business Owners. I just got 8 out of the 10 tips, since the rest may not necessarily be applicable to small business owners in the Philippines. I hope this will help you.
- Don’t expect to hire a replica of you! Each person you meet and interview will be a living, breathing human, with their own habits, mannerisms and even ideas! This is fine – -as long as their ideas and habits are not philosophically opposed to yours.
- Know exactly what you expect from your new hire. Before you advertise for help, sit down and write a job description. List your goals for the new hire…By spending time working through your thoughts on hired help you are setting yourself up for a great working relationship. If you can clearly articulate the job to all applicants, they will have the opportunity to determine if this is a mutually agreeable fit. Be sure to concentrate on specific job-related descriptions, and not subjective information.
- Determine what type of manager you are! It’s imperative that you’re honest about your work style.
- Set aside time. Plan to advertise, interview and train until you find the RIGHT person. (SECRET TIP: If you find the right person – Hire them right away and then find work for them! Never pass up a great hire!)
- Determine your time-off policy. Just like you, your team members will need time off – whether to recover from the flu or just to recharge.
- Create a disciplinary and review process. Whether you need to tackle issues of poor performance, or chronic absenteeism — have a policy in place before you bring on your first team member.
- Create a Fact Sheet for Applicants that you can provide along with an application to interested candidates. This sheet should cover your basic job description, expectations and hiring process.
- Create your training program. Whether a detailed manual or one-on-one training for a specified period of time – make sure you have a written outline. Your training program should include all aspects of the job you expect your new hire to complete. Many misunderstandings and frustrations occur simply because a new hire didn’t understand the expectations of the boss.
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