1. Recruiting 101 for
entrepreneurs
Some wisdom and knowledge from
real life stories

2. Who’s this for?
For those of you who are thinking of hiring someone for
your own business
For those of you who already tried this and didn’t work too
well
For those of you who want to try again and a better chance
of success

3. Fill in the empty chair
Time for stories

4. So, what’s recruiting?
The Definition according to http://www.businessdictionary.com/
The process of finding and hiring the best-qualified
candidate (from within or outside of an organization) for
a job opening, in a timely and cost effective manner.
The recruitment process includes analyzing the
requirements of a job, attracting employees to that job,
screening and selecting applicants, hiring, and
integrating the new employee to the organization.

5. How does recruiting actually look like?
What does recruiting means for your business?
What are you looking to recruit?
What have you tried already and how did you do it?
What was successful and what wasn’t?
Some questions to consider!

6. Potential strategies to consider
Start your hiring with looking for referrals, people you
already know professionally
Start your hiring with an internship or a part time offer (90
days is an acceptable time to work together before
making the job permanent)
Adopt a “trial and error” strategy for your hiring process,
allow time to observe, evaluate, learn and do it all over
again, this time better

7. Potential strategies to consider
Start your hiring with clear info about:
• why do you need an extra person,
• how much are you willing to pay for that person (plan for
a fair–market pay)
• what are the “Must Have” skills that the person needs to
have in order to perform/ produce for your business
• info about your market, geography, environment,
competition
• where do you draw your line in terms of expected
performance/ results

8. Hire for attitudes, not for skills

9. Things to consider
Be honest with where are you ok to compromise from that
ideal portrait of your future employee
Be open to share the big picture of your business and
make your employees part of that vision
Don’t hire friends of friends, relatives of friends, long lost
colleagues … go for what you already know
professionally about the person you bring onboard

10. Things to consider
Consider whether you can outsource tasks to consultants
or freelancers before hiring someone on staff
Look for candidates used to smaller organizations and don't
focus on those with big-business credentials who may be
accustomed to having a lot of rules to follow
Look for autonomy and be prepared to change your sole
proprietor's mind-set

11. How to do it?
Be aware of the minimum legal requirements/ hiring options
Advertise right
Keep your costs under control
Be organized
Interview based on concrete experiences

12. How to do it?
Look/ask for references
Make the decision and hire
Don’t forget about orientation and induction
Take some time to also learn about firing

13. You have it in yourself!
Source: http://youtu.be/b56eAUCTLok

14. Thank you!