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Start Up Staffing:
Build Your Staff
For your new business to have a chance to grow, it must
have good people. With this in mind, be sure to do the following:
- Hire those who: a) share your values and goals for the
business and b) have winning attitudes and track records.
- Approach partnerships with caution. Describe everyone's
responsibilities in writing and work together with a lawyer
on a buy-sell agreement that covers who owns what and how
the partners can sell their shares to end the partnership.
- Use outside advisers such as an accountant, a lawyer,
a mentor, and a board of advisers consisting of two to five
professionals whose judgment you respect.
Personal assessment.
List your business-related strengths and weaknesses and likes
and dislikes. Include personal traits, skills, and behavior.
For example, if you like numbers but dislike making presentations
to groups of people, write that down. If you don't enjoy working
with raw data or performing in-depth analysis, but would rather
spend your time in people-oriented situations, then put that
down. This exercise will enable you to determine the personal
contributions you will bring to your own company, as well
as define the gaps that can be filled by hiring qualified
key employees.
- Strengths (e.g.., finance, people skills)
- Weaknesses (e.g.., marketing)
- Likes (e.g.., data analysis)
- Dislikes (e.g.., selling)
This should give you some specific ideas about the qualities
you'd most like to see in your employees. Next, think about
the skills, traits, and backgrounds you would like them to
bring to the business. List and prioritize them from the most
to the least important:
Based on the qualities above, write a job title and description
for each of the key people you plan to hire.
a) Marketing/Sales
b) Administrative
c) Office Manager
d) Part-time
Compensation
1. What is the market value for each job title or individual
described?
| Title
(a): Marketing/Sales |
Salary:
$ |
| Title
(b): Administrative |
Salary:
$ |
| Title
(c): Office Manager |
Salary:
$ |
| Title
(d): Part-time |
Salary:
$ |
2. How much salary might he or she expect to receive from
one of your competitors?
| Title
(a): Marketing/Sales |
Starting
Salary: $ |
| Title
(b): Administrative |
Starting
Salary: $ |
| Title
(c): Office Manager |
Starting
Salary: $ |
| Title
(d): Part-time |
Starting
Salary: $ |
3. What salary are you prepared to offer?
| Title
(a): Marketing/Sales |
Offered
Salary: $ |
| Title
(b): Administrative |
Offered
Salary: $ |
| Title
(c): Office Manager |
Offered
Salary: $ |
| Title
(d): Part-time |
Offered
Salary: $ |
4. What other forms of compensation or benefits might you
provide in lieu of extra money? Try to be creative: Car allowance,
paid parking, bus/rail passes, health club fees, etc.
5. When do you need to bring these people on board? Write
a schedule of when you plan to have each person working for
your company.
| Title
(a): Marketing/Sales |
Start
Date: |
| Title
(b): Administrative |
Start
Date: |
| Title
(c): Office Manager |
Start
Date: |
| Title
(d): Part-time |
Start
Date: |
Outside Advisers
Name the outsiders who can contribute to your operation by
providing valuable advice and services:
| Bookkeeper |
Name:
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| Accountant
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Name:
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| Attorney/Mentor
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Name:
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| Consultant
|
Name:
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| Friend/Counterpart
|
Name:
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| Board
of Advisers |
Name:
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Every successful business must have defined processes and
procedures to track and manage their daily business operations.
Hopefully you will find these files helpful in starting and
managing your business. Please download any or all of the
following Employee Related Documents and Spreadsheet Files.
The following files are available
for download:
- Application For Employment
- Reference Release Form
- Telephone Reference Check
- Hiring Checklist
- New Employee Orientation Checklist
- Employee Handbook
- Employee Handbook Letter
- Employee Handbook Acknowledgment Form
- Employee Warning Notice
- Employee Time Sheet Instructions
- Employee Time Sheet
- Expense Voucher
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