
#125 Mistakes You're Making When Hiring Team Members
About this episode
Whether you’re hiring client facing or non client facing team members, there are some common mistakes we see virtual assistant business owners making time and time again.
So let’s help you avoid those mistakes in order reduce the risk of a bad hire.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Our controversial opinions on sub-contractor rates!
- Why Jo reckons your job ads with minimal hours suck (and why Sam doesn’t think they ALWAYS suck).
- Why you’re setting yourself up for hiring the wrong person.
- The quick and dirty way to shortlist.
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