When you feel that your start-up business is ready to bring in additional headcount, it means that it is taking off well! I’m sure everyone starts with doing everything on your own, literally from A to Z – and you realised that it not possible on a long run.
There is always that mind block that tells you the what-ifs Do not be afraid to start hiring when it’s necessary. Everyone is worried about hiring the wrong people and result in mistakes as such. What is the top thinking process before you start hiring? What is the potential that you’ll want from the hires?
Hiring the right people, in the right PLACE
Keep yourself open to meeting more people and interview them. Assess and have your eyes on potentials and how they can be right for your future expansion. Hire for the right position that can help you to free up your time. Hire to care for your employees too! The unconventional way to do it is to care for each other regardless of rank, and status.
Understand the Company’s Directions
While you hire, you want to give your first and subsequent employees the idea and similar directions to achieve the goals. Look for employee who think-alike and is able to move fast enough with you. Of course, you got make sure that you have the Company’s goals and directions set out before you hire them in. Remember that not all employees are able to take constant changes with the Company, or what they felt as ‘uncertainty’.
Plan, and not over-hire
Always make sure that you your clients’ demands in priority. Measure the volume of work and make sure that the anticipation to hire the employees is ready for more projects ahead. Do not hire to send a signal to the employees that they’re no longer needed to thrive with the organization. To constant hire and re-train will cost more than you should.
Brand Referrals Networking
Referral hiring is one of the most useful tools to get the right talent pool in the shortest time. You will see that employees who referred talents will be able to share more on the applicants and understand them better if they really do fit the company’s directions and culture, which reduces “risks” of hiring and would have extensively shortened interviews and the hassle of going through background checks.