When you start a new business, and you need to hire employees, you should investigate the following questions to guide your personnel decisions:
- What types of employees are needed?
- How many employees are needed?
- How should potential employees be recruited and screened?
- How should the employees be trained?
- How should employees be compensated and motivated?
To determine the number and type of employees needed, conduct a job analysis. That is, think through the requirements of each employee’s job. Some jobs may be grouped together so that employees performing those tasks may not be as highly skilled or highly paid as employees who perform other tasks.
Organizing jobs in this fashion could reduce the business payroll costs, and increase work efficiency. Considering all the possible factors you should decide upon:
- How many employees are needed?
- The details of what tasks each of the employees shall perform?
- Depending on the tasks, what specifications will be required for each of the positions to be filled?