Posts Tagged ‘Business’
Winter Months Are The Time to Restock and Reevaluate
Many in the cleaning industry are either taking time off or have slowed down so there is more time to get things done that can be overlooked during the busier times of your year. Here is a list of things you might want to look at during these slow Winter months. Check all your PPE…
Read MoreCreating a Customer Packet
You can create several different customer document packets for customers; Intro packets, and Commercial job packets, but the one I feel is a must for the residential contractor is the “Thank you for scheduling” packet. So why make and send a “Thank you for scheduling” packet? Sounds strange but sending your first time or even…
Read MorePlan Now For Your Business’s Future After You Are Gone
Although when you first start a business this may be the furthest thing from your mind, but what would happen if you suddenly died? Or even if you were injured and you were no longer able to work your business? What would happen to your family and their source of income? Who would step in…
Read MoreEnd of Year Checklist Revisited
I thought I would revisit a post I first did back in 2008, in 2015, and will do again this year, 2023. Hard to believe I have been posting like this for 15 years! With the year winding down, there are things to do before the end of this year to get ready for next…
Read MoreThe new EMV chip credit cards and what it means for your business.
I am sure you have started to hear all the hubbub about the new microchip credit cards. But some may have been hearing some half truths or misinformation, like your transactions won’t be paid to your bank if you do not use the chip or that a card swipe machine will not work after the…
Read MoreThe Written Warning, What and How to Make One
Besides firing someone, the one thing managers and bosses hate is having to write up an employee for breaking a handbook rule or company policy. Here are things that you can have as a part of your written warning form. First of course would be the full name of the employee receiving the warning. Some…
Read MoreTo Hire Should You Do Background, Credit Check and Drug Test?
Most small business employers do not see the need to spend money on a background, credit check, or drug screening if they have already done the other three steps we have already been over. But this could be a costly mistake not to. Small claims lawsuits were on the rise in the last 10 years…
Read MoreWhat Goes in An Employee Handbook
Well, practically everything including the kitchen sink! Your employee handbook should include everything and anything you want your employees to know, and understand, including rules to follow, flow charts, and lists, down to what will happen if the rules are not followed. This goes well beyond just the hiring information or application we have discussed…
Read MoreHow to Conduct a Hiring Interview
The interview is the one place most employers fail at the most. No matter how many times you can be told what not to ask or talk about, chances are at some point you will slip up and say or ask something you should not have. Well everyone is human but let us go over…
Read MoreWhat to Include on a Job Application
Well, the first is obvious, the name of your company and that this is an application you can add an address and phone number if you would like or if there is more than one location of your business. Image taken from Poole Anderson Construction, online application Instructions to the applicant such as to fill…
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