An open letter to all entrepreneurs looking to hire their next employee

An Open Letter to
All Entrepreneurs Looking
to Hire Their Next Employee
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Have you made the mistake of
hiring a wrong person and keeping
that person on board?

The person has all
these…

Impressive Resume

Impressive Portfolio

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UPWORK

GREAT
RECOMMENDATIONS!

Did you realize it
was a mistake?

What Went Wrong?

So many entrepreneurs make
the same hiring mistakes over
and over and over again…

Here’s a list of criteria that will
determine the success
(or failure) of
your new employee.

Talent is Important,
but it ain’t the only
thing

Find a talented employee
who will be able to do the
absolute best job.

Passion for Your
Business

Find an employee who has a
passion for the business, and also
for the customers. This means
going the extra mile to produce the
results up to his/her capabilities.

Culture Fit

If the labor force of the company is
remote —>
Find people who have an ability to
take initiative and not wait for work
to be handed to them every single
day.

If your company likes to play pranks and have
fun while working —> Avoid hiring someone
who takes himself seriously.

Eager to Learn New Things

A small business owner or founder
needs to wear many hats.
This is why he/she must learn new
skills on a seemingly daily basis.

The employees must
learn new skills as well.

Find someone who embraces the
challenges of learning and looks at it as an
opportunity to increase their skill set.

Domain Expertise
is a Plus

This mistake, most of the time,
happens to those hiring marketers.

Let’s say you’re in the business of selling accounting
software and you want to hire someone to help you
with your content marketing.

Not everyone knows Accounting. Sure,
they can learn. But that might take a long
time and lots of cash.

It's better to hire someone with accounting
experience and teach them how to write,
than to hire a writer and teach them
accounting.

Hire SLOW

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Here
is how Time Doctor hires a new employee.

After creating a job description, it’s time for what
we call the hiring funnel process. You funnel down
qualified candidates and pick the most suitable at
every stage of the hiring process.

Once you determine which of them are most
qualified, you provide each one with a test. Each
examination depends on the tasks of the job.

To end the process, you will perform a verbal interview over
Skype or Google Hangouts, followed by a 10-hour paid trial
period. It's advisable to hire a couple of people during this
paid trial period instead of opting for one.

Fire Quickly

Firing someone can take an emotional toll on a
business owner. You’ll feel the guilt of having
someone’s life altered. Not just that person, but
his/her family as well.

Studies show that one bad employee in
an otherwise high performing group can
lead to a 30% decrease in productivity.

Unhappy employees tend to miss work more
often. And it’s best for your good employees
and your company to fire them quickly.

Don’t Let One Bad
Experience Scare You

Build an amazing team of people, who would do
really cool work together. That everyone you hired
would be the perfect employee and love coming to
work every day.

The next time you hire employees, think
of the lessons you’ve learned in the past.

And build the Business you’ve
Dreamed About

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