Chapter 11: Your Business And Employees
Finding the Right Employees For Your Business
Finding the Right Employees For Your Business is not always easy!
 Overwhelmed and All Alone?
Determining If It Time to Hire Employees for Your Small Business
Previous business experience is always a big plus when starting your own business.
In fact, having knowledge in the areas of management, operations, marketing and finance, as well as technology will give you a strong foundation.
But what if you don't have all of these skills? Then you may want to consider hiring employees.
Get Down to Basics
To be a successful businessperson, you will need to have many different kinds of skills. These skills include:
- Sales and Marketing - Can answer: What will you sell? Who is your customer? Where are your customers? How will you reach them? What should be the price of your products or services? They will also feel comfortable with calling, emailing, faxing, and personal contacts with potential, current, and past customers.
- Financial - Estimate start-up costs, determine how long it will be to start making a profit, understand purchasing, have the ability to find supplies and needed equipment at a good price, and talk with accountants and lawyers.
- Technical – Good with computers, the Internet, and basic software such as spreadsheets, accounting software, email, etc. You will also be a fast learner when it comes to these kinds of skills.
- Organization – Be able to quickly and accurately organize files, documents, projects, etc
- Administration – Make decisions, billing, paperwork, A/R, A/P, etc
If you don't feel that you have all the skills needed, you may want to consider hiring an employee. But first, you will have to determine if you can afford to hire someone full-time.
It's a Matter of Money
When you are thinking of the cost of an employee, there is more than just the salary to consider. You will also need to look at:
- Benefits
- Taxes
- Workman's Comp
Once you know the cost of your employee, you have to then determine if the worker will earn that much or more money for your business. Ask yourself the following questions:
- If a salesperson,
- How many products can they sell in a year?
- What would be the profit?
- Does the profit exceed the cost of hiring?
- If an administrative type employee
- Will you have more time to market?
- Will you have more time to expand your business?
- Will you be able to serve more clients?
- Will your customers get more efficient service?
- Will delivery be quicker?
Now try to estimate the amount of increased business in terms of dollars.
If you feel that you the extra business would be more than the cost of an employee, you may find that hiring is a good idea.
What's Next
Next In This Guide Small Business Employee Options - If you are lacking certain skills needed to run a business but do not feel you can afford a full-time employee, you have several other options.
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 Shopping Cart Software Helps You Sell Your Products Online - The shopping cart is one of the most important parts to having a smooth e-commerce transition since it is how your customers will ultimately purchase your products.
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