{"id":42997,"date":"2023-10-20T15:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/need-2-know-how-to-handle-the-arrival-of-your-first-hire-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:25:20","slug":"need-2-know-how-to-handle-the-arrival-of-your-first-hire-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/need-2-know-how-to-handle-the-arrival-of-your-first-hire-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Need 2 know: How to handle the arrival of your first hire &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/feature-welcome-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"feature-welcome-thumb\" title=\"feature-welcome-thumb\"><\/div>\n<p>Getting the timing right to employ your first staff member can be crucial to your future success and needs to be thought through carefully.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-7411\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of things to consider. Do you have the financial resources to cover wages for yourself and another person for at least six to twelve months?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What role or tasks are most needed to enhance your growth?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When you are thinking about this, it\u2019s tempting to want to clone yourself. However, this is often not the best direction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Think about your strengths and limitations and, in particular, the areas which bog you down and take you away from doing what you do best.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example, if your strength is figures and your limitation is new client development, look at hiring a salesperson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If, however, you\u2019ve got the above sorted, where to from here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have <a href=\"vicki-crowe\/should-i-hire-the-generalists-or-the-specialists\/20101115853.html\">covered the recruitment<\/a> and <a href=\"vicki-crowe\/what-interview-techniques-i-should-be-using\/201105252699.html\">selection process<\/a> in a previous blog, so let\u2019s go straight to the first day of your new hire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks before they start, prepare a welcome pack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting the timing right to employ your first staff member can be crucial to your future success and needs to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}