10 Tips on Hiring Your First Employee
10 Tips on Hiring Your First Employee
By Michelle WithaM, published Sep 02, 2006
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1. You want to hire someone that you know that you can get along with. You want to hire someone that has a great personality and that is ready to work each day on time.
2. You want to hire someone that has excellent work history. You need to hire someone that you know that is dependable and reliable. You need someone that understands the importance of time.
3. In order to get an excellent employee then you need to offer a decent hourly wage. You want to get a skilled employee so therefore you need to offer a reasonable hourly wage to the new employee. Keep in mind that depending upon the hourly wage price offer that you offer does depend on the type of people that you will attract to interview for the job.
4. You want to hire an employee that loves the job. You want someone that loves their job for more than just the paycheck each week. If you hire someone that enjoys their job then you will get better results in regards to work performance and more projects successfully completed each week.
5. You want to hire an employee that thinks positive. This is important since he or she will have a good attitude about work and want to do their best. You want to hire an employee that is willing to do the best work possible with a good attitude.
6. You want to hire an employee that understands goals and is able to accomplish weekly goals. You want someone that is dedicated to being successful. This will help your company bring in more profit overall.
7. You want to hire someone that has stayed with his or her other employers' long term. This shows that the person will stay with a company if he or she is happy with the company. It also implies that the person is not flaky and is reliable.
8. You want to hire someone that has transportation available to them. You do not want to hire an employee that will not get to work on time each day otherwise you will end up losing sales. You want to hire someone that has reliable transportation.
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Takeaways
- Hire someone that is willing to improve his or her skills.
- Hire someone that has stayed with his or her other employers' long term.
- Hire an employee that understands goals and is able to accomplish weekly goals.
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