You’re feeling strapped for time and need to hire some support for your business. This probably means your business is growing. Congratulations! Before you hire your BFF or post inside a Facebook group that you’re looking for someone to fill a role, you have some work to do.

 

Hiring isn’t something that anyone should take lightly, and it’s likely that it’s a much slower process than you expect. If you’ve hired before, you know there are a lot of moving parts and mistakes to be had.

 

This week on the podcast, Jamie Van Cuyk of Growing Your Team is sharing some insight into how to hire right the first time. She and I both share mistakes we’ve made along the way, and Jamie shares tips that are sure to help you bring on the right candidate the first time. Be sure to download her hiring checklist, which will serve as a great tool throughout this episode and your next hiring cycle.

About Jamie Van Cuyk:

Jamie Van Cuyk, the owner and lead strategist of Growing Your Team, is an expert in hiring and onboarding teams within small businesses.

 

Drawing from over 15 years of leadership experience, Jamie teaches her clients how to hire their early team members, including employees and long-term contractors. By learning the dynamics of each company and their specific needs, she helps them find their perfect, long-lasting team members and avoid the hiring and ring cycle.

 

On a personal side, Jamie lives in St Petersburg, FL, with her husband and two daughters, is a hobby winemaker, loves to travel, and enjoys exercise that takes her feet off the ground, including rock climbing and aerial dance.

Links and Resources:

• Growing Your Team
• Hiring Checklist: How to Find the Right Team for Your Growing Business

Time Stamps:

• [1:55] - It’s still challenging to hire, even as you’re more established
• [3:22] - So many layers to a good team member
• [4:15] - There’s too much holding onto people who aren’t a good fit, just so they don’t have to go back into the hiring pool
• [5:26] - When you need someone for more time than what they’re giving you
• [7:45] - You have to be able to make the hard decisions
• [12:20] - It’s going to take more time to hire than it may have before
• [13:10] - Job posting needs to reflect what it’s like to work with you vs. focusing on tasks
• Incentive people to work with you
• [14:28] - You want to repel the wrong fit applicants
• [15:44] - Different personalities will be attracted to different roles and employers
• [17:58] - Aligning values and mission with hiring
• [19:36] - Make sure you’re communicating what matters to you in hiring process
• [21:08] - Hiring is a lot like dating
• [23:38] - So much value in weeding out all those people
• [24:07] - “Someone is qualified because they’re qualified, they’re not qualified because you’re comparing them to someone else”
• [25:40] - if you go through the hiring process first, you should be confident and not trying out other people
• [27:57] - We need to spend time asking the right questions for interviews
• [34:22] - Interviewing for personality vs. skillset - which is more important
• [36:12] - The biggest mistake small business owners are making with hiring
• [42:49] - Every position is essential in your business because if it wasn’t you wouldn’t have it