I’ve spent more than a decade building products for businesses using easily available technology. Founded and exited a profitable bootstrapped business. I want to write down what worked and what did not for our customers.
Every small business owner struggles with hiring the best employees.
Personally, I did for years.
Finding employees was something I did not particularly enjoy. I loved working in my business, and only when I was particularly overwhelmed would I actively start recruiting.
But what changed for me was the realisation that I would have to go through a lot of below average employees, before I found someone who truly above average for our needs. And as soon as that clicked, I started to understand that finding great team members wasn't that hard—I was just doing the wrong thing.
Here's what I should have done instead:
Always be hiring
Finding someone great is easy, if you’re not desperate to hire someone instantly. With regularly scheduled job posts and tracking screening calls and interviews done each week, we found so many great candidates.
Hiring, just like everything else, is a numbers game.
Start playing it like one and you’ll win more often.