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The Biggest Challenges Of Hiring A Remote Team

The Startup Magazine

A growing number of companies are hiring remote employees. Supplying tools and equipment Your employees will need certain equipment and tools to work. There is no legal obligation to supply this equipment to employees. Should you pay for employees’ internet connection? This is something that you need to weigh up.

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6 Hiring Principles To Grow The Best New Venture Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Startup investors tell me they invest in a new venture with a higher caliber of people, rather than the product or service, and I agree. Of course, it’s no surprise that most entrepreneurs don’t have a background in hiring teams, and don’t have a budget for training or human resource consultants. Be patient when filling open positions.

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Effective Management Techniques to Reduce Employee Turnover

The Startup Magazine

Perhaps it won’t be wrong to say these staggering numbers are a wake-up call for organizations to take employee retention seriously. Otherwise, they will (sooner or later) experience the resource drain, high overhead costs & low employee productivity. What Is Employee Turnover? So, let’s get started.

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Hiring Employee #1

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Tweet. --> It’s a big decision to make your first hire, because what you’re really deciding is whether you want to keep a lifestyle business or attempt to “cross the chasm” and maybe even get rich. There’s already a lot of great advice about hiring at little startups. (Powered by LaunchBit ).

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7 Challenges To Overcome When Building A Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup lucky enough to get some traction gets to the point where they decide to hire some “regular employees” for sales, marketing, and administrative tasks. What they should be doing is hiring only “entrepreneurs,” meaning people who think and act as if this is their own business.

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10 Important Hiring Tips for Startups in Post COVID Era

ReadWriteStart

One major reason is that unless you don’t put effort into hiring the right talent, the operational functions suffer. However, it is important to plan your hiring campaigns with a specific purpose when the economy is down amid the pandemic. 10 Important Hiring Tips for Startups in Post COVID Era.

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What Makes Employees Productive in a New Startup?

ReadWriteStart

After launching a new startup, you’ll be interested in growing the business as quickly as possible, thus generating more revenue, securing more stability, and improving your reputation as well. What Makes Employees Productive in a New Startup? So what is it that makes employees productive in a new startup?

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