When you get to the point in your business where you’re able to hire a member of staff it can be incredibly exciting. It means that you’re growing, business is doing well, and maybe even that you’re at capacity and you really need to bring in some help. And this can be a great phase to be in – even if, right now, you’ve felt like you’re at capacity. But if you’ve never really done this before, you may have no idea how to go about this or even what it means to be an employer. So, it’s important for you to navigate this in the easier way possible. In this blog post, we’re going to help you to do exactly that.
1. Deciding What You Need Help With
First of all, you need to make sure that you know what you need help with. Think about what tasks you’re struggling to get to or what you’re less skilled at. At this stage, it could be an admin assistant or it might be something with skills and expertise that you don’t have, like accountancy, marketing, IT, or sales. You can then think about the role you’re hiring for.
2. Outsource or Hire In House?
Once you know what kind of help you need, the next decision that you have to make is how you’re going to hire them. Here, you could think about bringing your team member in-house as an employee and paying them a salary. You will be bound by contracts here and responsible for their taxes and so on. However, you could outsource to a freelancer or business instead if you’d rather not have full-time employees in your business.
3. Employee Management
When you’ve chosen the right person for your business, you then need to be thinking about how you’ll keep track of their tasks and the time they’re working for you. For this, you’ll want to have time and attendance software in place, along with project management tools too. That way, you can communicate what tasks they need to do and track everything too.
4. Training Your Staff
You may find that you also need to train your employee on your company’s way of doing things. This is where having standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place can help. You’ll have a set system for how things need to be done, and it will be easy for new hires to learn everything they need to know.
5. Creating a Great Environment
Finally, you’re also going to want to make sure that you’re able to make your first member of staff’s experience of working for you a great one. After all, people work for people and if you’ve found someone great, you’re going to want them to stick around. In order for that to happen, not only do they need to be well-compensated based on their skills and experience, but the relationship you build with them is key too.