Most business partners, employers, and subcontractors find hiring their employees difficult. The reasons range anywhere between the questionable quality of work, poor performance, and late clock-ins. And I agree, you can’t determine how a person will work under you until they are. Some people are just terrible at their jobs and have zero accountability. It is challenging but not impossible to find the right person for the position. Follow these six steps, and I guarantee your business will run smoothly; you will take in more profits and be successful, in general.
Step 1: Commit
The first step to anything is to commit. It is essential to be as committed to hiring employees as you are to growing your business. Be all in or all out. Half measures won’t help you here. If you find an employee doesn’t match the standards you’ve set, don’t just give up.
Hiring employees will free up your time that you can then spend on running and operating your business. Creativity follows commitment. So, find creative ways to bring on new employees whenever the need arises.
Step 2: Find Out Why Someone Would Want to Work for You
This step most of us forget when looking for employees and partners. We need to ask ourselves -Why would somebody want to work with our company? It shouldn’t just be because of the great pay, the 3-weeks holidays, and other incentives that come with the position. Provide your employees with excellent work culture, motivate them to be successful and commit to their training and growth. It’s what has worked for me so far. I don’t dictate the cleaning times of my employees who clean after hours, provided the job is complete before the set agreement within the contract. I let them have the option to work with a partner and don’t breathe down their necks. This way, they have more control over what, when, and how they do their jobs, provided it’s to the client’s preferences and standards.
Our company has attracted people looking to build a life around or apart from their current job. To attract the best, you must be an employer that’s better than the best. Set and live up to the standards you have for your employees to have the best ones come work for you.
Step 3: Design Your Avatar
What is an avatar? It’s an ideal employee you want in your company. You need to have an exact idea of the kind of person you want in your company, be it in cleaning, operations, or any other department. Designing an avatar makes it easier to identify the right person for the job when you’re going through hundreds of job applications.
These are the factors we aimed for in the avatar of an ideal employee:
Step 4: Post Your Ad
Post your ad where it can garner attention. It could be flyers, newspapers, Facebook, anywhere that can get you, potential employees, especially if a community is not part of your avatar.
Step 5: Interview and Make a Decision
For every person you hire, you should interview at least ten people. Don’t rush the process or hire the first person you find agreeable.
Step 6: Get Them Excited
Now that you’ve found the one, you need to keep them excited about choosing your company. Send them a formal email that outlines expectations and all other employment details to review and sign. It will help them understand expectations beforehand. Forward any training videos you might have, have them fill out all the essential paperwork. If they’re a subcontractor, you’re still going to need an employee form. Following these six steps can help you make a better, more informed decision.