Human Resources

employees

Reasons for hiring new employees

• Extending deadlines while risking losing clients
• Wasting valuable time on trivial tasks
• Special tasks that could be handled better by a specialist (ie Web design)
• Spending a lot of extra hours to catch up regular tasks that could be partitioned out.

Possible Solutions to Situations above

1. Get help from friends or family
• Useful for temporary basis when jobs become too difficult or certain tasks could be extensive when done alone. Pay a fair price or compensation for their time. Treat them with the same respect you would your colleagues and other professionals
2. Hire an employee
• Most decisive factor is if you can afford an employee. Option also limited by amount of space available as well as whether or not your company needs to be zoned for an employee. Can be paid by the hour. Responsible for health benefits & paid vacation.
3. Use a temp service
• Skilled persons hired for temporary or long term assignments from temporary employment agencies. More useful for tasks like data entry, phone answering, and non-specialized tasks.
4. Outsource to a freelancer
• Used on a project basis. Consists of sharing work with other business owners. Useful because no need to pay employee benefits, also gives specialized services from experiences professionals. Lists of freelancers can be found here.
5. Hiring business support services
• Similar to freelancers but companies are dedicated for support services. Also have specialized services. List of business support services found at the Association for Business Support Services International Inc.