Monday, February 27, 2017

Starting a Business? Don’t Forget About Your Employees!


Your new business venture can feel awfully lonely and empty if you don’t staff it with the right team members. Unless you have a business idea that can be solely run by yourself and the help of freelancers, you are going to need some employees. In fact, if you haven’t already gathered some interest from internet and local job listings, then you’re going a bit too fast with your new startup and you need to slow down before you crash and burn.

How to advertise positions


Make sure that you make a list of the available positions in your workplace. Do you need a receptionist? Perhaps you are looking for office works and administrators? Do you need a tech expert? What about a social media promotions expert?

As a startup that (probably) doesn’t have a lot of money, you need to make good use of flexible employees. Someone that does regular office work can also manage your social media accounts if they are internet-savvy, and many young workers are also great with tech and computers now and they can usually fix most common issues and even recommend new computer parts and equipment for your business. It’s these types of employees that are the most valuable for a business because not only are they hard working, motivated and flexible, they also have great capacity to grow into senior members of staff over the course of a few years that will become the founding pillars of your business when you grow from being a startup to a full-sized business.