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Is the fear of hiring holding you back from growing to the next level? If so, you’re not alone! Hiring is one of the most significant areas of confusion for female founders and can be overcomplicated and overwhelming. 

However, don’t take this process lightly. Whether you're waiting until you feel "more ready" or contemplating hiring a friend or family member as a shortcut, this episode delves into the intricacies of hiring your first team member, be it a virtual assistant, an executive assistant, or a contractor employee.

Step by step, I guide you through the entire process, from understanding your hourly rate to crafting a clear job description, where to find top talent, how to triage your applicants, and what to include in your hiring process to maximize your time and resources. 

PLUS! I’ve included a free hiring guide that gives you everything you need to take this information and put it into action, including a job description template, a sample of a skills test we use, and the step-by-step hiring process you can reference any time you need it.

Tune in to listen so you can finally overcome the fears and doubts holding you back from getting the support you need to amplify your message and move your mission forward! 

Key Highlights

• Timing is NOT everything. Like parenthood, there's no perfect time to hire; waiting too long could delay your success as a business owner. Discover how to assess if you should hire now versus later. 
• The exact exercise you can walk yourself through to determine what role to hire for and what tasks to delegate first. 
• The complete step-by-step hiring process from creating your job description to triaging applicants to hosting final interviews. 

Resources Mentioned

Buy Back Your Time by Dan Martell

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Do not miss these highlights: 

00:43 Today, we will be discussing the process of hiring your first team member, whether that's a virtual assistant, an executive assistant, or a contractor employee. There will be a complementary resource available, as well as a free template for you to access.

04:20 The misconceptions and even mistakes made in this regard, so you can learn from them immediately or avoid them altogether. One of these misconceptions is the belief that hiring and building a team are solely expenses. 

08:55 We aim to avoid wasting money, so it's necessary to go through a process to ensure that you have the correct role, the appropriate activities, and effective delegation. 

12:58 You must be willing to go through the process, embrace it, and be open to making mistakes because they are a part of the learning process.   

17:55 The misconception about there being a perfect time to hire is similar to the idea that there's no perfect time to have a baby; nobody can truly prepare you for that. 

18:15 The process around hiring from personal experience and what other people are doing. 

19:45 The difference between virtual assistant and executive assistant.   

21:25 How to hire a social media expert and how to calculate the ROI out of that.

24:50 The first step in this hiring process is to get a sense of what your hourly rate is. 

26:50 The four quadrants in relation to spending your time.  

35:37 Step two involves creating a job description based on the time and activities you've identified in step one that will clearly defines the role within the company.

40:43 Now, for step three, we share the clearly defined job description.  

45:25 Step four in this process after you shared the job description and the application process, is to start that initial triaging.

47:15 Step five is the initial interview, then step six is a skills test before the final interview.  

49:47 You can have the applicants take an additional personality tests.  

52:35 View the process as not just a short-term opportunity, but as a long-term one, as you never know where things may lead with your part-time contractors or employees. 

52:50 We have a template and a sample job description to assist you with this, and we'll provide the link in the show notes, available to you completely for free. 

About the Host

Kinsey Machos, a Marketing Strategist, is also a recovering people pleaser, self-sabotager, and corporate hustler. She helps entrepreneurs create and execute magnetic marketing and build expert brands so that they can get known, seen, and heard online.

She believes that creating a business that’s 100% in alignment with SELF is one of the most important things that we can do as women — because there’s an inner magic that we all have if we commit to an infinite pursuit of discovering (and re-discovering) that.

As a wife and a mom of three, the family takes priority. And having a business that’s run AROUND her lifestyle is a daily intention of hers.

https://kinseymachos.com/

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Facebook: @kinsmachos 

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