Back to Hiring

This was the first day of hiring in a couple of months.  I think there a lot of people excited about finding jobs right now.  I had a really good group.  Four people show up for a group session and we had some shining stars.  One of the nice things was that everybody was ready for an interview.  Everyone dressed the part which has been somewhat of a concern for my boss right now.

My boss, other employees, managers, and I have discussed the fact that sometimes people do come to an interview dressed in street clothes.  Maybe they didn't know that they were actually being interviewed.  Maybe I didn't make it clear that I'm going to be interviewing for a job.  To make sure that doesn't happen again, I specifically tell each person I cold call that even though you're going to be meeting with more than one person in the room for presentation, I am going to be interviewing separately and individually.  I even reiterate that they need to be ready for an interview.  It seems to work at least the first day.

Even better that everyone who I made appointment with showed up today.  Sometimes I think, "Ohhhh, no one is going to show up,"  but today was different in that everybody showed up.

I have a lot of hope that I'll be able to get my hiring goals complete even though I don't have enough people coming in for two sessions a day.  It looks like I will have people available by next week for two sessions.  I have completed 1/10 of my goal, or 1/8, depending on how many people I really need to hire. 

I believe my goal is somewhere between 30 and 40 depending on how many people come back to work next month.  If all former employees show up, then I think it's somewhere between 30 and 35.  If I'm going to hire people to take place of people who left then I need to hire around 40.  So I have for today.  I think that five or six come in tomorrow and then six more on Monday so far.  If I do that well then in 10 days, if everybody shows up and finishes all the paperwork, I will have all the people I need for the company.

That's how you get your goals.