subject: How To Start A Home Cleaning Business: Finding The Right Employees [print this page] Hiring employees and managing the hiring process can potentially become a full-time job for a rapidly growing home cleaning service. You may experience a high level of turnover as employees move up and out as well as a growing workforce as you expand. Create detailed checklists based on the following areas to assist in the hiring process.
Legal Concerns
To start with, take legal issues involved in the hiring process and who you hire very seriously. Make sure you understand the laws about hiring discrimination and immigration status to know what proof of status you need from hires as well as what questions you can and cannot ask legally.
Experience
Experience in cleaning (or whatever task you are looking to hire the employee for) is certainly helpful, but it might not be the most important element. The cleaning skills can be trained on the job if the employee has the ability to learn.
Attitude
More important is attitude. As the work may be strenuous and repetitive, you have to look for workers who take pride in a job well done, keep a happy and positive attitude whether speaking with you or with customers, and are focused on quality. Moreover, a positive attitude will make learning happen faster for an employee, making up for a low initial skill level.
References
Never neglect the importance of receiving and checking references for a potential hire. You open yourself open for potential disaster if you dont look into the work history of an employee in this way. Look for past employers who can speak highly of the workers determination, trustworthiness, and work ethic. Makes sure to follow up with more than one reference for each hire and that you are sure of the credentials of the reference. If a potential hire cannot produce references you must have a serious discussion about why this is if you would still like to hire him or her.
by: Eric Powers
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