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Dec 2023
33m 39s

Small Business Hiring Essentials

Diane Helbig
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Welcome to "Accelerate Your Business Growth"! In this episode, host Diane Helbig welcomes Lesley Pyle to share invaluable insights on remote team tools, effective job postings, the job applicant process, and onboarding best practices. Pyle delves into an array of topics, from recognizing the signs that a small business may need to hire help to the importance of seeking and giving feedback in business. She offers practical advice on hiring positions for small businesses and emphasizes the significance of thorough interviews and clear communication when delegating tasks to remote workers. Tune in as Pyle and Helbig discuss the wealth of knowledge shared, covering the entire spectrum of small business hiring needs.

Lesley Pyle is the Founder and CEO of HireMyMom.com, a service connecting Small Businesses with Virtual Professionals across the country since 2007. Pyle began her work from home journey in 1995 after having her first child and started her first online business in 1996 - HBWM.com. She serves on the Board of Directors for Mighty Oaks Foundation and is a contributing writer to Entrepreneur.com. She and her family reside in Texas.

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Remote Hiring: "But I think one of the ways to alleviate that is doing very thorough interviews in the process, getting to know the person and getting reassured of what their skills are, how they work, what's important to you as a business owner, and what are you looking for in that candidate."

— Lesley Pyle 00:05:14

Creating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as You Train Your Hire: "So if you don't have time initially to create SOPs and directions and instructions, Then do it with with your hire as you are training them and, you know, have them collaborate curl collaborate with you To fill in holes so that you can be as thorough as possible."

— Lesley Pyle 00:12:50

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