As your business grows, there will come a point when you need to think about hiring an employee or even a team to help you manage the day-to-day operations. This approach takes the weight off your shoulders and proves your business is moving in the right direction. However, you need to ensure you take the correct steps during your hiring process, so consider these five things when looking for employees. 

Write An Excellent Job Description 

Finding great employees starts with writing a great job description. You can check out these examples for ideas about how to put together a job description that garners attention and helps you get candidates who are perfect for the role. However, many job descriptions are full of meaningless jargon that expects or demands too much. If you want to be upfront about what the role is, be honest about it and include everything the employee will do while also promoting your business and its culture. 

Fill Out the Correct Forms 

If you’re hiring your first employees, you’ll need to fill out the correct forms to ensure you don’t fall afoul of the IRS. For first-time employees, you need the IRS form SS-4 which requires information about your business and why you need to request an FEIN. it is easy to fill out even if it sounds intimidating on the surface, so get this out of the way as soon as possible so you can start hiring employees quickly.

Carry Out A Background Check 

Once you’ve interviewed candidates, you should order background checks to determine who they are and discover if they have ever been convicted of serious offenses. Some businesses opt against hiring those with criminal convictions (and are entirely within their right to), but other businesses are eager to give these people a second chance. Consider what the employee will be responsible for and ask yourself if you can trust them to carry out the required tasks without worrying about criminal issues. 

Outline Your Expectations 

When you have made the Employment offer, you can also go outline your expectations with your new employee. You may also want to provide an employee handbook that covers everything you may not have time to discuss during the onboarding process and gives them an idea of the company culture. This approach helps them learn everything they need to know upfront and means they can refer back to the handbook as they become more comfortable at the workplace. 

Make the Workplace Employee Friendly

You also need to make your office employee-friendly. If you don’t have an office, it might be time to look for rental spaces. If you have an office, you’ll need to improve the work environment for your employees to ensure they have enough room to work without feeling they are in your way or each other’s way. With this, they will be more productive and happy if they need to come into the office.

Hired 

Hiring employees helps your business serve more clients and customers and demonstrates the good work you’ve done so far. However, there are a few key factors you need to remember to ensure you do it the right way. Following these tips will help you find the perfect candidates for your company and set the tone for the next stage of your business.

Originally Published on https://www.breakfastleadership.com/

Michael Levitt Chief Burnout Officer

Michael D. Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout consulting firm. He is a Keynote speaker on The Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting and Burnout. He is the host of the Breakfast Leadership show, a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, a Fortune 500 consultant, and author of his latest book BURNOUT PROOF.