Growing Your Team with Jamie Van Cuyk

Monique Allen is back to talk about the current hiring market. To sum it up, it can only be described as odd.  The tables have turned and now the candidates are in control.  Hear why that is and how you can still win when you need to hire great new talent for your team. 

Monique Allen discusses the scary process of hiring and how to optimize the experience through commitments.

We're in a time of business called The Great Resignation. What is it and what should you do if it impacts your business? Listen and find out. 

Nikki Rausch gives a deep dive on how to find the perfect contractors for your business and ways to create those new positions.

Are you getting ready to hire an employee? Here are three reasons why having a well-planned hiring strategy will make the process easier and lead you to a better team member. 

Max Borges shares his strategic approach to scaling his business and developing a work environment that doesn't need to rely on him everyday.

When an employee decides to leave your business, it can bring out many emotions - most of which tend to be negative. While these emotions are 100% natural, you need to be careful.  Listen and learn why you need to stop resenting your employees when they quit if you want to continue running a successful business. 

Kerry Guard highlights her implementation of a people-first philosophy to create a balanced and more productive work environment. 

Is the current candidate market making it hard to attract applicants when you never had problems in the past? Listen and learn the steps you can take to fill your open positions.

Abby Herman shares her experience as she went from making a series of bad hires to achieving hiring success. 

Growing Your Team is hiring and we're taking you behind the scenes. In part 5, you'll hear about how we created a realistic and effective onboarding plan. One that matched our time availability to train and will prepare our new team member for success. 

Julie Shopa shares how she went from paying an employee more than she could afford to gaining clarity and hiring her perfect-fit team member by going through the H.I.R.E. framework. In addition, Julie shares how she overcame her fears of delegation and learn how to become comfortable with handing off responsibilities. 

Growing Your Team is hiring and we're taking you behind the scenes. In part 4, you'll hear the process we went through to go from 30+ candidates to selecting our great new hire. 

If one simple action could increase your profits by over 500%, would you do it? What if I also told you that the action required no financial investment, no getting up at 4 am (or earlier!), no burning the midnight oil, and no working weekends to complete? All it took was a few minutes of your and your team member's time that would dramatically increase your productivity and profits.  If you're sa...

Growing Your Team is hiring and we're taking you behind the scenes. In part 3, you'll hear the real and honest emotions we felt when we posted the job and how we sorted through the candidates to decide who to interview. 

Before you hire a team member, you have to know if you can afford that team member.  In this episode, Michelle Cooper is sharing how to know if you can afford to hire an employee and why employees might not be as expensive as you think. 

Growing Your Team is hiring and we're taking you behind the scenes. In part 2, you'll learn why we didn't hire an employee sooner and how we decided what type of position we should add.

Did you build your business through a team of contractors? While it might feel like it's working, have you ever wondered if and when you might need to switch from contractors to employees? For many businesses, there comes a time when this move is needed. A few years ago, it was time for Interview Connections to make this move.  In this episode of the podcast, Margy Feldhuhn shares why Interview Co...

Exciting things are happening over here at Growing Your Team. We're getting ready to hire our very first employee!  Even better, we're going to share all the details with you as we navigate this journey.  In this episode of the podcast, you'll learn how we identified that now is the right time to move forward with hiring an employee after only working with contractors before. 

It might sound cliche, but it's true. What got you here won't get you there. As your business grows, you have to adjust how you do things and who supports you if you want to keep it moving in a profitable direction.  But what do you let go of, and what do you add? Who do you hire, and how should you adjust positions from one hire to the next to match your changing business? This is exactly what Kr...

Have you heard of the saying Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly ? Is it one that you practice in your small business? If so, listen up! I hate to break it to you, but many of the business owners I know who follow this practice are doing it all wrong.  In this episode of the podcast, we're digging into what Fire Slowly really means and when you should do it within your small business.

As you expand from a business of one to a business with a team, what kind of team is best for you? A team of freelancers and contractors, a team of employees, or a mixture? Eve Epstein shares how to determine what type of team is best for you and how to properly use that team so you can feel supported and continue growing your business.    About Eve Epstein: Eve Epstein is the CEO and Co-Founder o...

There is a saying that a lot of entrepreneurs shout about hiring a team...Hire Slowly and Fire Quickly. It makes sense, but, 95% of the people I know are applying it wrong. Most people think, Hiring slowly means not hiring until you 110% need the help. Yes, it might mean skipping lunch a few days a week to get work done. Yes, it might mean working after everyone in your house goes off to bed. Yes,...

As a small business owner, not only does your plate feel full, it seems to keep getting heavier. When this happens, one of your options is to outsource some of your work to an assistant. But, what should you outsource? How do you sort through everything you are currently doing and figure out what makes the most sense to get off your plate and delegate to a team member? Bianca Smith is sharing her...

I was married surrounded by sharks at a wedding venue that was supposed to be a joke. In the end, I guess the joke was on me! Not only did the whole experience lead to an unforgettable wedding, but it also taught me to be a better leader. The leadership mistake that I was making before this experience is one that I see too many business owners make when they first start hiring workers for their te...