If you're asking yourself this question, then to you I say: Congratulations!
Congratulations on having more business than you can handle on your own.
Having more business than you can handle on your own is a good problem to have...as long as you have competent workers to help you get the job done. The question is...how does one find competent workers?
I'm not an expert on the subject, but I think I know the basics of what a business owner should consider before interviewing a new worker. Here are some questions that YOU should know the answers to BEFORE the interview.
What days will the person work?
What hours will the person work?
How many days per week will the person work?
How often will the schedule go out?
How does the person get paid? Cash? Check? Paypal? CashApp?
How often does the person get paid? Daily? Weekly? Monthly?
What is the person responsible for doing?
Is this a short term position or a long term position?
How do you handle tardiness?
Who will train the new person?
How will training take place?
Where will training take place?
Who will create your training material?
How will you handle team members that make mistakes?
What kind of behavior will you NOT tolerate?
What kind of behavior will be rewarded?
If you can answer these questions clearly and confidently, then you're off to a great start.
The next step is understanding that just because someone knows how to do a job well, that doesn't mean that you're going to get along with them. When I say "get along", I don't mean that you have to be best friends with your new worker, but you don't want a worker that stresses you out regardless of how well they can do their job....or do you?
It's totally up to you to decide what qualities you need in a worker, and it's important to put those qualities in writing along with the job description. If you don't have your plans in writing, you're going to find yourself doing a lot of talking, explaining, and forgetting things...while looking very unprofessional in the process. Would you want to work for a company that doesn't put anything in writing?
Here's a free printout with the questions listed above. Hopefully this will get you going in the right direction.
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