When it comes to hiring somebody to work for you, you need to focus on employing the right person. The key word you should circle in the previous sentence is the word 'right.' When you hire someone, you have to make sure you hire someone who believes in your vision. You have to hire someone who believes in what you're trying to do. You need to hire somebody who believes in what you're trying to build. Lastly, you need to hire someone who believes in you and how you choose to operate your own business.
When hiring people, you have to get to know them. I never suggest you employ somebody straight out. Have them participate in a volunteer position, or have them conduct smaller independent tasks before you consider approaching them about fulfilling a position for your business. Additionally, it's my policy that anyone who wants to work for me needs to fill out a work-for-hire agreement and a confidentiality agreement. The reason is that you are building a business, and a reputation, so the last thing you need is someone who you let in that inner circle who does not respect that position.
Furthermore, my cousin, Davy Tyburski and I agree that you need to only hire employees after you have them finish a series of tasks in order to be considered for application. For instance, if you run an ad in the paper, you have to ask them to complete at least 3 tasks. Within the ad, you might tell them to download an application from a website. Then, tell them to type the documents to completion. The third task could be to fax the application to a fax number.
What you might find is that some people will not apply as a series of three things is too much to ask of them! Furthermore, others won't be able to download the document, or they will handwrite in the information instead of typing it. Others will email it to the contact address instead of faxing it to the number suggested. It is ironically funny how difficult these requests can be for some people. Therefore, it's easy to overlook their applications and move on to the applicant who can follow directions all by themselves.
Our thought is if the potential candidate can't handle a simple series of 3, then they are not likely to be able to complete other more challenging tasks. By asking them to do these steps, you'll find that the potential candidates that aren't worth looking at will exclude themselves because 3 was too much effort for them. Others might have attempted to complete the task, but they forgot to do one step, or could not fulfill the expectations in the time frame. Either way, you'll never know as their application never crosses your desk. Time wasters avoided! Once people complete the three tasks, then they're worth considering for the second level of the hiring process.
When hiring people, you have to get to know them. I never suggest you employ somebody straight out. Have them participate in a volunteer position, or have them conduct smaller independent tasks before you consider approaching them about fulfilling a position for your business. Additionally, it's my policy that anyone who wants to work for me needs to fill out a work-for-hire agreement and a confidentiality agreement. The reason is that you are building a business, and a reputation, so the last thing you need is someone who you let in that inner circle who does not respect that position.
Furthermore, my cousin, Davy Tyburski and I agree that you need to only hire employees after you have them finish a series of tasks in order to be considered for application. For instance, if you run an ad in the paper, you have to ask them to complete at least 3 tasks. Within the ad, you might tell them to download an application from a website. Then, tell them to type the documents to completion. The third task could be to fax the application to a fax number.
What you might find is that some people will not apply as a series of three things is too much to ask of them! Furthermore, others won't be able to download the document, or they will handwrite in the information instead of typing it. Others will email it to the contact address instead of faxing it to the number suggested. It is ironically funny how difficult these requests can be for some people. Therefore, it's easy to overlook their applications and move on to the applicant who can follow directions all by themselves.
Our thought is if the potential candidate can't handle a simple series of 3, then they are not likely to be able to complete other more challenging tasks. By asking them to do these steps, you'll find that the potential candidates that aren't worth looking at will exclude themselves because 3 was too much effort for them. Others might have attempted to complete the task, but they forgot to do one step, or could not fulfill the expectations in the time frame. Either way, you'll never know as their application never crosses your desk. Time wasters avoided! Once people complete the three tasks, then they're worth considering for the second level of the hiring process.
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