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As a business owner, manager, and even as an individual, what makes YOU magnetic? In order for people to want to work with you or your company, it's vital that you have a solid understanding of what makes you magnetic, and that you market those magnetic attributes to your target audience....
Formal policy manuals and employees handbooks are not required by law. However, they provide managers with an excellent opportunity to formalize their vision for managing their business and people. They also provide an impartial way to communicate some of those messages that are difficult to discuss one on one because they appear subjective. The following lists some of the issues you may wish to cover in a handbook or business-wide meeting....
As an HR consultant who develops employee handbooks, you can guess that "necessity" won out over "nuisance." If your organization's management is spending more time on routine HR and people issues than it should be, and there's no common resource tool to reference for basic answers - an updated, practical handbook is part of your solution. A well written handbook that turns personal decisions into personnel decisions outweighs any headache or cost of creating one....
It's not enough to attract and bring the right employees into your organization. That would be too simple. Now that you've attracted and hired the 'right' ones, what do you plan on doing to keep them there? Your competition (industry and regional) is begging them to leave and chaining employees inside your business just doesn't work as a retention method!...
Congratulations! You've hired the perfect employee. Now what? We all know there's a lot more to welcoming a new employee than just opening the door and leading them to the job. But do you have a plan to ensure a long lasting successful work relationship? Here are some ideas to help you retain those employees you worked so hard to hire:...
Do you have someone in your organization who is responsible for holding employees accountable? Often in a small business you feel you hire employees to do a job, and that they should do the job they were hired to do. But this is not always the case. If your employees are not performing up to par, what steps should you take?...
Important Keys to Being a True Professional in Your Residential Cleaning BusinessWith the large number of residential cleaning businesses out there, how do you get your company to stand out? Are you doing just enough to get by? Being a professional in all aspects of your cleaning business will go a long way towards showing your clients, prospects, employees and associates that you are serious about doing the best job you can do....
The Mysteries of Employee RecordkeepingThere really isn't anything fun about personnel files. However, they are a serious requirement even if you have only one employee. What do you need to include in personnel files? Where should your personnel files be kept and who should have access to them?...
Enhance Your Own Independence: Don't Wait to DelegateWhether you manage 1 employee, 20 employees or 0 employees, many of us struggle with do-it-all-yourself syndrome. No, this syndrome isn't covered under the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act). But it certainly can get in the way of our effectiveness....
In my last article, we drilled down how to define the best employee for your company's needs. Now that we have a detailed description of the ideal candidate, we need to know how to identify the candidate. Once you've posted the job on a Web site, or received resumes through a referral, you have a lot of work to do. Hopefully you'll be in the position where you have many resumes to review, but even if this is not the case, you need to know what to look for....
How to Hire: Hiring the Best Candidate Start to Finish, Part 1You're in a panic. You have work that must be done by tomorrow, but the only person you had to do the work just quit. Does this situation sound familiar? Your first instinct is to fill the position as quickly as possible, but most times, quick hiring decisions lead to many regrets. The wrong employee--or just the wrong position for a good employee--can put your business and the work that you do at risk. Even though there are unpredictable situations, you can do a lot to prepare and protect yourself....
How the Generation Gap Can Affect Your Home Cleaning CompanyIn today's workforce there is a new phenomenon happening - there are currently four distinct generations (with a fifth about to enter the workforce) that are out there working together. Each generation is unique, which means they bring different attitudes and opinions to the job. This will impact your cleaning business in everything from recruiting to solving conflicts to motivating your employees....
Interviewing always looks easier than it is - if you're doing it the right way. Too frequently we, as interviewers, arrive at the interview unprepared. With skimmed resume in hand, we have a picture in our mind of who we want to hire. But have we really refined that picture, clarified and detailed who really fits the job and the organization?...
When interviewing potential employees, do you often forget which questions you're NOT allowed to ask? This article will help you protect yourself from potential discrimination problems....
Fire Fast. . .What makes us think we're going to get sued if we choose to fire a poor performer? We need to feel confident and comfortable in our supervisory abilities to make good employment decisions that benefit the function, productivity and profitability of our organizations. And that means dismissing those individuals whose performance is contrary to these objectives....
Reasons Your Residential Cleaning Company Needs to Conduct Background ChecksWhether using single cleaners or teams of cleaners, at some point they will be working by themselves, in different areas of the home, and may have access to confidential information or valuables. So as a business owner, you want to do whatever you can to make sure the people you are placing in your client's home are trustworthy and reliable, right? But how can you be sure the employees you hire can be trusted when working unsupervised?...
Are Your House Cleaning Company Workers Employees or Independent Contractors?As your house cleaning company grows and your client list expands, you'll soon realize that you can't do it all yourself. Hiring, supervising and taking care of payroll are very time-consuming tasks. Rather than putting an employee on the payroll, some companies elect to use independent contractors. But if you improperly classify a worker as an independent contractor when the IRS views them as an employee, you could be liable for back taxes, penalties and interest!...
The Right Way to Fire a Cleaning EmployeeFor most residential cleaning businesses, hiring employees means the company is expanding and growing. This can certainly be an exciting time for any new business. Unfortunately, the down side to hiring an employee is having to fire an employee. The smart move is to have the right policies and procedures in place long before the first employee is hired....
When you hire a new employee you need to make sure your paperwork is in order before they can start working. But you also need to review your company policies so they understand what is expected of them as an employee. Here are 10 topics you should cover during employee orientations:...
When you own a cleaning business, your phone will eventually start ringing with prospective clients looking for a house cleaning service. Many will want you to quote a price over the phone. They'll say something like, "What do you charge for a 3 bedroom, 2 bath home?"...
The Science of Telephone ScreeningWhen looking for employees for your cleaning business, you can save yourself a lot of time by pre-screening candidates by doing a telephone interview. It's a simple process, but can help you to weed out candidates who do not meet your requirements before you waste your time and theirs by setting up a time for a face-to-face interivew....
We've all learned the lesson, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all." As supervisors, this is not a good lesson for us to practice in the workplace. Yet, we're generally hesitant to communicate "bad news" messages to our employees....
Your employees are an important part of your cleaning business. Hiring, training, retention and reward are just a few factors that will help you be a better employer. The ten tips presented in this article are small reminders of how to keep a positive relationship with your employees....
It's an employee's job market. In most areas, there are more jobs than there are qualified employees. This makes the issue of employee turnover more difficult for employers. Yet, despite our possible disappointment and discouragement as employees leave our businesses, we must pay close attention to the messages we give to exiting employees....
Do you have meeting avoidance syndrome? Are you hesitant to schedule a meeting or attend a meeting because more often than not the meetings take more time rather than offer valuable information? If you can relate to these sentiments, you're not alone. If you succumb to these sentiments, you're also not alone....
You may have started your cleaning company part-time and thought that as the business grew you could quit your "day job" and put more time into the business. But as your cleaning business grows you may find you can no longer manage all the tasks you need to handle, no matter how much time you devote to it. Are you thinking of hiring employees so your cleaning business can grow?...
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