• Wed. Nov 22nd, 2023

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Train Your Employees Before You Hire Them!

train your employees before you hire them

Train your employees correctly at the start and they will perform in ways that will surpass your greatest dreams. The proper training of employees can be the difference between existence and success. It is worth the time and money to do it right the first time around.

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Believe it or not, you should start to train your employees when you create your business. When you prepare your first business plan you must start planning for the employees you will hire. You must think about when you will hire them, what they will do and how they will do it.

If you start thinking about employee training when you are forming your business, things will work out better for you. Things will be better because employee training will be in your mind during all your major business decisions.

Training employees properly starts when you start your business.

For example, if you know you will be hiring and training 2 employees rather than 10 at the start, you can make better decisions about your business location. When you know from the beginning you will be hiring and training employees, you can set up systems so that they can be used by more than just you.

If employees are on the way you know you need to take notes and keep records that can be read by other people. It is not enough to simply write notes on post-it pads and save them in your trusty old journal. When you know employees are on the way, you must keep records that can be accessed from anywhere by the people who will need them.

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When you are an entrepreneur with a thriving business and employees, you owe it to your employees to train them properly when they start the job. No two companies are exactly the same. Even if two companies sell the same product, each company has its own unique and special way of doing things.

Look at McDonald’s and Burger King. Each of them sells burgers and fries, but each company does it in its own unique way. When employees come to your business, even experienced employees, you must take the time to train them. Keep these considerations in mind as your business grows. Set aside resources you will need to train employees.


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Training an employee properly costs time and money – don’t be afraid to spend either one.

This means when you find articles about your industry or the product and services you sell, save them for your employees. If the local stationery or office supply store has a sale on notebooks, pens, paper, or folders pick them up and save them so your employees will be able to take the notes they need during training. Keep track of webinars and e-courses that are taught on a regular basis so that you can share them with employees you bring on board.

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It is important to think about the employees you will train so that you can begin setting aside the money and other resources to train them as your business grows. In most businesses, employees cost money before they make money for an entrepreneur. Training employees costs money because in most cases employees must be paid while they are being trained.

Additionally, employees often must be trained during business hours. This means that instead of selling or doing whatever it is your business does to earn money, you will be training the new employee. As a result, you will be paying an employee to get trained and may not be earning additional income while you are providing the training. This is a heavy burden. The burden is even heavier if you have not planned for it in advance.

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15 thoughts on “Train Your Employees Before You Hire Them!”
  1. I agree to all your points. A good leader succeeds most of the time.

  2. Yes very good and trust worthy employees runs the institutions. So we need to develop a good job culture.

  3. Training plays an integral role in the learning and development of new employees. Thanks for sharing those incredible tips!

  4. Definitely, your employees holds a huge percentage of success to your business. Their growth is always a good investment

  5. Having well-trained employees is a must for a business to be successful. Besides training them before they start work, I think continual professional development is also important.

  6. This is great advice for preparing employees. It’s worth the time and money to have them properly ready to start and do the job right.

  7. Good employees are the backbone of every company. But the boss must lead.

  8. I’m self-employed now, but I used to be in the workforce, and I can say with certainty that employee training is key. I had a job where my boss just would not train me, and then kept yelling at me for not doing it the way he wanted it done.

  9. Training employees is so necessary to make sure they know the company culture and know how to do their job the way you want them to. Having a solid training plan will undoubtedly be helpful at any point in your business.

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