Thursday, July 10, 2008

Global Outsourcing for Small Busnisses

It used to be that only big corporations could strike deals for jobs they didn't have the skills in house to do with partners around the world by taking a private jet charter to a meeting. Today many small business owners are doing it as well. With the ability to connect to anyone around the owrld online it is much easier to search out not only a more qualified person to do the job you want, but allso allows you to find someone to do that work for much less than you might be able to get it for at home.

Randy and Nicola Wilburn run real estate, consulting, design, and baby food companies out of their home. They do it by taking outsourcing to the extreme.

Top 7 Hiring Mistakes for Start Ups

I saw this article and it was a perfect fit for what I was thinking aobut earlier today. A friend of mine is opening a new restaurant in the next couple months and we were talking a bit about it today. One of the things we were talking about were the people that he was going to hire. Sure enough I see this article today that tells you exactly what the most common hiring mistakes are when you start up a new business, and why it is so important for small business owners to hire the right people. After all...if you have a relatively samll business, are pinching pennies to make it boom, and end up hiring some people that reallyaren't gonna cut it, there is going to be trouble. Instead of planning your Hilton Head rentals vacation, you will be working more yourself because you can't trust who you hired.

1.Hiring someone just because you know them. This means friends, former co-workers, family members or your own children. For a husband, this means hiring your wife. For a wife, this means hiring your husband. Even part-time. There needs to be a certain sense of objectivity and accountability in the workplace. Friends and family expect to be treated to a different standard--and they should. Away from your business, but never in it. Read the other 6