Hiring can make or break your shop’s growth, but how do you know when it’s the right move? 👀In this episode, Mike and Kirk share their playbook for spotting the signs that it’s time to hire… and the costly mistakes to avoid if you pull the trigger too early. Should you automate first? Push more overtime? Promote from within? Or make that big hire now?Listen in before you post that job ad—you might be looking at the problem all wrong.

Hiring can make or break your shop’s growth, but how do you know when it’s the right move? 👀 In this episode, Mike and Kirk share their playbook for spotting the signs that it’s time to hire… and the costly mistakes to avoid if you pull the trigger too early. Should you automate first? Push more overtime? Promote from within? Or make that big hire now? Listen in before you post that job ad—you might be looking at the problem all wrong.

Hiring can make or break your shop’s growth, but how do you know when it’s the right move? 👀In this episode, Mike and Kirk share their playbook for spotting the signs that it’s time to hire… and the costly mistakes to avoid if you pull the trigger too early. Should you automate first? Push more overtime? Promote from within? Or make that big hire now?Listen in before you post that job ad—you might be looking at the problem all wrong.

Episode #12: How Do You Know When to Hire Someone

<blockquote>The Machine Shop Growth Podcast gives a fresh perspective to help you grow your shop by focusing on 3 key factors - Sales, Marketing and Efficiency.&nbsp; For decades the machine shop industry was build on a “good-ol-boys” mentality and was full of great machinists and engineers that made great parts.&nbsp; What has been discovered is many of those amazing shops have plateaued or are starting to decline - because they didn’t put enough emphasis on getting more work and making more money with the work they had. &nbsp; On this podcast you will hear first hand advice from machine owners and mangers how they are getting more work and how they are making more money. &nbsp; Now let’s Grow Your Shop!</blockquote>

Business

Investing

The Machine Shop Growth Podcast gives a fresh perspective to help you grow your shop by focusing on 3 key factors - Sales, Marketing and Efficiency.  For decades the machine shop industry was build on a “good-ol-boys” mentality and was full of great machinists and engineers that made great parts.  What has been discovered is many of those amazing shops have plateaued or are starting to decline - because they didn’t put enough emphasis on getting more work and making more money with the work they had.   On this podcast you will hear first hand advice from machine owners and mangers how they are getting more work and how they are making more money.   Now let’s Grow Your Shop!

The Machine Shop Growth Podcast gives a fresh perspective to help you grow your shop by focusing on 3 key factors - Sales, Marketing and Efficiency.&nbsp; For decades the machine shop industry was build on a “good-ol-boys” mentality and was full of great machinists and engineers that made great parts.&nbsp; What has been discovered is many of those amazing shops have plateaued or are starting to decline - because they didn’t put enough emphasis on getting more work and making more money with the work they had. &nbsp; On this podcast you will hear first hand advice from machine owners and mangers how they are getting more work and how they are making more money. &nbsp; Now let’s Grow Your Shop!

Share Episode #12: How Do You Know When to Hire Someone

Sign up to save your podcasts

Episode #12: How Do You Know When to Hire Someone

Episode #12: How Do You Know When to Hire Someone

More shows like Machine Shop Growth

Making Chips Podcast for Manufacturing Leaders

Pivot

Business of Machining

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

Parts Department

Machine Shop Mastery

Taps and Patience | Business and Machining Podcast

Incremental: The Continuous Improvement Podcast

PFG Live

Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom

Manufacturing Transformed: Real Shops, Real Stories

The Impractical Machinists

Lights Out: Technology and Automation Podcast by MakingChips

Buy the Numbers

Chips and Tips Podcast