Hiring employees for your house cleaning business is an important step to grow your client base. Jump right in and you may make huge mistakes that could cost you thousands – or your business. We are specifically talking about hiring employees; this does not include independent contractors, which we’ll cover in another article. How to […]
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Human Resources and your house cleaning business
One of the best things you can do before you hire workers is to assemble a process for hiring, training, and managing employees. If you think you can hire subcontractors, research how contractors are managed differently than employees to comply with IRS guidelines before you make the commitment. When you hire workers as employees, you […]
How to Hire Employees for Your Small Business Once you have started your business doing the work yourself, it’s a daunting task to consider bringing in workers. You’re used to working alone and your clients are used to you and how you provide the service. You have invested everything you have in nurturing your clients […]
In this post you’ll learn: The legal aspects of terminating an employee What you need to have before hiring employees How a review process is used to validate the termination How to reduce the emotional impact for the employee Making the decision to terminate an employee is hard, but actually sitting down and telling the […]
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Setting Up an Employee Recruitment Plan
blank line How to Hire Employees for Cleaning Business Before you start recruiting, read this post on how to hire employees for your small business. These eight things must be completed before you hire your first worker.blank line This article will explain what you need to do to setup a staff recruitment plan: – What […]
One of the top issues in residential cleaning is the hiring process to grow your business. If you haven’t managed people the process will leave you shocked and frustrated with a lot of questions. One thing you want to avoid is sitting around waiting for interview candidates who never show! In this article I’ll share: […]
Recently we were discussing how to put together a help wanted ad to attract the right candidates in my House Cleaning Business Mastermind group. When I saw this article, it resonated with me because it was timely and you have to be able to ask the right questions to discover the right employee to hire […]
Unlike commercial cleaning where your client rarely – or – never sees your employees, residential cleaning companies rely on the relationship they have built with their clients. After all, each of your client homes is their castle and they’re not going to let anyone into their castle! Imagine someone coming into your home to clean. […]
If you want to have a small business where you can schedule jobs and work just when you want, that’s fine, but don’t expect to grow your business. By doing the work yourself, you are limited by the number of clients you can service each week. Be realistic about your business and the goals you […]
Answers to Common Tax Questions This article is based on US Taxes 1) What if I don’t receive my W2? Employers are required by law to mail all employee W2’s by the end of January each year. So, January 31st has come and gone and you haven’t yet received your W2. What should you do? […]
At the end of my first year in my house cleaning business, I had over $200,000 in revenue. You don’t get to this number by doing all the work yourself. If you want to have a small business where you can schedule jobs and work just when you want, that’s fine, but don’t expect the […]
Hiring your first employee for your cleaning business should be a positive and exciting venture. You have successfully taken your business from the initial start-up to the point of having enough jobs or excess jobs, leading to your decision to hire workers.
Nope – you don’t have to hire workers! You can run a professional cleaning business and plan to do all the work yourself. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Just realize – you’re never going to be free from your business, because you have clients to service and they’re waiting for you. Hm – Now […]
Managing fast change: Growing your residential cleaning company Discover what it takes to rapidly grow your business before you start the ball rolling: This modification can be in the form of staff member numbers, company objectives, senior administration and direction. I know from experience that these changes need to be managed if a company is […]