Build Your Superstar Workforce - Right Now!
Things have changed. We’ve gone from an economy where it was easy to find work to an economy where it’s easy to find talented employees. In this edition of “The Bottom Line with Tony Bass,” we talk about how to properly screen job applicants so you can build the superstar workforce that will carry your company toward a better tomorrow.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:46 pm
All good advice. We had to get rid of two employees at the end of last year. One of those guys had been with us for several years. The other only 1 year. But both had to go for two reasons; 1) I knew I could do better. 2) We didn’t have enough work to keep them on all winter - and a lot of that was because THEY weren’t doing their job of selling more work. In the spring, we replaced one of them and he’s become probably the best employee we’ve ever had. This year, we’re able to have him stay all winter because he was so much better than his predecessor. He brings in so much business for us that we couldn’t afford to fire him or lay him off. The other position didn’t get filled for now.
So it’s true that now is a time to make your company much more profitable by getting rid of dead weight and hiring better employees.
Portland Oregon Landscape Contractor
January 5th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
By the way, I LOVE the idea of the Basic Skills Test. I am going to implement that exact test you guys spoke of and use most of those same exact questions! I love it! Thank you. Great idea!
Portland Oregon Landscape Contractor