When it comes to starting a business one of the most important things on your checklist is finding a strong team to be able to back you up.  Without a staff who is willing and able to do the work that you need in order to keep your business growing, then you will never be able to make it on your own.

One of the biggest mistakes that new business owners make is rushing into the hiring process.  They are so eager to build a team that they fail to take the time in order to explore whether who they are hiring will serve them in the long run.  

If you end up choosing employees who aren’t a great fit, then ultimately you will end up paying a lot more money than you would have paid had you taken the time to be more selective. Training employees each time you hire them takes time and resources.  Therefore, finding employees who will stick around are in your best interest.

Here are some of the best tips for choosing a good employee that will serve you in the long run.

Ensure They Would Fit Into Your Team

It’s important to take a look at your team as a whole and ask yourself whether the new candidate that you are looking at would be a good fit.  

When bringing on new employees, throwing someone into your group’s atmosphere who isn’t a good fit has the potential to throw off the entire team morale.

Therefore, beyond their qualifications, try to look at how well they would get along with the others.

Define Clear Guidelines

It’s important to be upfront and specific about the role that you need your new employee to play.  If you set clear guidelines from the beginning about what exactly you are looking for then you can ensure that they won’t be confused or let you down later.

Create a Plan / Get Organized

During your hiring process, you should have a clear and defined plan.  Rather than scheduling sporadic and disorganized appointments, set a strategy for how many interviews you’d like to conduct in a day, and how long until you’d like you to make your final decision.

Once you have a clear plan of action, it will be easier to execute.

Review Their Background Carefully

Rather than skimming over their prior experience and how long they stayed at these places, try to read a little closer.

A person’s background is very revealing about their future, so try to make sure that you don’t skip over anything in order to ensure that you make the best possible decision.

This way it will be a lot less likely that they let you down.

By Eddy

Eddy is the editorial columnist in Business Fundas, and oversees partner relationships. He posts articles of partners on various topics related to strategy, marketing, supply chain, technology management, social media, e-business, finance, economics and operations management. The articles posted are copyrighted under a Creative Commons unported license 4.0. To contact him, please direct your emails to [email protected].