Hot Hiring Tips: Employing The Young Or Inexperienced The Right Way (So You Don’t Go Totally Nutso)
Hiring very young or inexperienced employees is often a challenge for startups both large and small. On the one hand you may see brilliance and potential in a young candidate but you also wince wondering about the basics like if they’ll stick to their allowed time for lunch. They’re completely at ease in…
8 Traits Top Employees Share
Companies of all shapes and sizes are now facing higher levels of uncertainty and considerably fewer resources to spend on even top-priority initiatives. The result has been a growing significance of a certain type of employee: dynamic, consistently effective, endlessly useful, and enjoyable to work with…
3 Key Questions To Ask Before Hiring For Your Startup
One of the hardest but most exciting things about being a young entrepreneur, first-time business owner or even a startup manager is the hiring process. But there are a few things you have to think about before green-lighting a new startup employee, especially in the earliest stages of starting up…
Good Trust Vs. Bad Trust
What’s one of the most important elements to build and maintain harmony and mutually beneficial growth at your startup? You guessed it: trust. When trust exists among startup team members, startups are in a healthy position to excel and that should make sense! Trust building and maintaining that trust…
A Positive Experience For Your Startup Job Candidates: Here’s How
Earlier this year, a company contacted me directly and asked me to apply for a job in which part of the application process was to make two short videos, take a written personality test, and create a presentation in Keynote, among a slew of other tasks. The company was young, dynamic, and I was excited to…