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The experience can be somewhat discouraging. You are driving to see one of your accounts, and because you are in a hurry, you decide to stop at one of the local fast-food places for lunch. As you pull in the driveway, you see the "now hiring" sign that we have become accustomed to seeing in front of nearly every business.
Today, though, you notice an additional sign - one that indicates that the restaurant is offering a "$300 signing bonus." You ask the manager about the new sign, and she explains that the bonus is paid when the employee completes the first 90 days of work. She tells you she has picked up a couple of new employees since first using the sign.
However, when you order your lunch and pay for it, you observe how the staff struggles to complete the order and make the change for you. Obviously, the idea of a signing bonus might not be the best solution for finding quality employees. Where are the good employees hiding?
Surely your goal is to create a team of employees - both at the front counter and in the production department of the shop - to make your business profitable. To achieve your goal also will allow you a level of comfort ii knowing that your business will function when you are out of the building.
Improvement through education
One common misconception occurs when you begin the hiring process, and you expect to upgrade the quality of your staff. The print shop owner who decides, "I am going to build a great team, and it will begin with this new employee" will find that the current team will bring the new hire down to its level quicker than you can hire more people to surround the new employee.
To prevent this problem from occurring in your print shop, you should hold regularly scheduled staff meetings. Unless your staff works both the front counter and production end of the business, you might want to conduct separate meetings for different departments.
Meetings that work best are those that are held after the shop closes, last approximately one hour, are held biweekly, and cover topics such as new papers,...