141. Hiring New Team Members The Right Way with Tasha Booth

If your business is growing and you’re reaching the limit of what you can handle on your own, it might be time to bring on some team members. Most business owners start with administrative support. Neurodivergent business owners, like me, tend to struggle with the little tasks that need to be done. Scheduling appointments, following through with projects, each and every step of a workflow. Sound familiar?   But how do you know who to hire and what to hire them for? It’s overwhelming, especially when you think about onboarding and training. (Why can’t new team members just read our minds!?)   We’ve talked about hiring on the podcast before, but I wanted to talk specifically about hiring for an administrative role. And who better to do that than the woman of many talents, Tasha Booth?   In this episode, we talk about how to determine what skills your new hire needs, how to test for them, how to onboard so they’ll meet expectations and stick around, and what to consider before even writing that job description. So many great tidbits to consider.   Tune in now and hire that new team member right. About Tasha Booth: Tasha Booth is an agency owner, coach, and podcaster. She is the Founder & CEO of The Launch Guild - a full service launch support agency working with established coaches and course creators with Course & Podcast Launches. Her team is over 20 members strong and works together to support their clients in being able to focus back onto their zones of genius.   Additionally, she mentors Virtual Support Pros, Launch Managers, & Agency Owners who are passionate and ready to grow their businesses while living life on their own terms, and she is the host of the How She Did That Podcast -- a podcast for Virtual Support Pros to learn business and tech tips. Tasha has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur, and she has appeared as a guest speaker for various summits and podcasts including Amy Porterfield's "Online Marketing Made Easy," and Julie Solomon’s “The Influencer Podcast.”   Tasha is an Air Force wife to her husband Scott, stepmom to Grace & Meredith, and work from home dog mom to Stanly and Boomer. In her spare time, she watches true crime tv, sings karaoke, and tends to her organic vegetable garden. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Links and Resources: How She Did That Podcast Join the Inner Circle   Time Stamps: [1:36] - Hiring is the number one pain point right now [4:35] - Clarifying roles of virtual support [7:07] - How to decide what you actually need in your biz [14:07] - Vetting for skillset [15:56] - Always pay for test projects [16:40] - It’s an employee market right now [19:30] - I do, we do, you do [20:45] - Being ADHD it’s tempting to pass things off vs. following up [21:47] - New team members need to know how best to work with you [26:01] - What questions you should ask when hiring a VA or OBM [29:22] - You can’t teach resourcefulness and common sense [32:14] - When you’re hiring someone more established [37:09] - Think outside the box [39:50] - Find out more about Tasha