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25. Can I Afford to Hire? Tips to Help Your Business' Staffing Problems

Air Date:

Dec 7, 2022

Duration:

57 Min

Growing your business will require more people and resources but honestly, most business owners lose money when growing because they need to consider what we will discuss today, like;

1) Capacity planning
2) A budget for hiring and
3) A Hiring ROI calculator

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Episode Show Notes :

Introduction:

Growing your business will require more people and/or resources but honestly, most business owners actually lose money when growing because they don’t consider the things we are going to talk about today like; Capacity planning, A budget for hiring, and a Hiring ROI calculator. Also, stick around for the Tax Tea of the week - a man arrested for impersonating an IRS employee and filing false tax returns


The Meat :


  • Capacity planning - how do you know if you need to hire?

    • Understand what is your team currently spending time on

    • Understand what the customer is actually paying for

    • Understand what you NEED to do to meet the customer's desires

  • What’s your budget for hiring? 

    • How much are you willing to spend on a good employee

    • Consider taxes, benefits, training, new hiring supplies, etc

    • What is the cost of a bad hire (don’t rush the process with a bad hire it will cost you more money to replace bad people)

  • Where do you find people - full-time vs. part-time vs. contractor vs. outsourced?

    • Your capacity will help you understand what type of employment you need

    • Full-time - if the demand is more than 25 hours consistently

    • Part-time/contract - tend to be similar 

    • Dedicated outsource - they don’t work for your company but they are dedicated to supporting your business

    • Part-Time Outsourced - (the person can work on multiple clients besides yours) if the task is repetitive and the information is not highly confidential

  • Hiring ROI calculator - how do I know I am getting the value back for my hire?

    • Have a plan to know how much additional revenue you need to generate for this person’s cost to be covered - breakeven

    • Profitable return how much additional revenue or new clients are needed to generate 2x, 3x, 4x this person’s cost

      • Here is an example of what Restaurant - if I hire X and my average sales price is Y how many more customers do I need to have a 2x, 3x, 4x, and is that realistic.

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