How to Find the Next Star Employee
How to Find the Next Star Employee
Do you know who is going to be your next star employee? You know that kid down the street who comes around offering to rake your lawn in the fall and shovel your driveway in the winter? It just might be him.
Sports teams engage in it, so do colleges. It is called recruiting. With limitless information offered to any kid with a computer and Internet connection, it is not unreasonable to fathom kids today are “growing up” more quickly and engaging in “adult” activities and thoughts – such as making money.
Is it ridiculous to think kids want to be entrepreneurs at such an early age? With the influx of media displaying the acclaim and rewards associated with success, it may not be such an outlandish notion that kids are beginning to think ahead.
Have you been keeping your eye out for up-and-coming talent? Maybe you should be.
Where are they?-
Where do you find these industrious-minded, young stars? As aforementioned, they can be anywhere – maybe living in your neighborhood. Rather than soliciting door-to-door or outside the local convenience store, it is suggested to look into local high schools and colleges.
Young people need to supplement their drive and ideas with experience. Offer the opportunity to meet with interested parties through an internship process. It is rewarding for the candidate and the business. The candidate is provided with real-life business experience and the business becomes accustomed to working with the younger generation to garner insight in relation to them as a worker and a consumer.
Ideas to recruit young talent-
- Invite local students or a local club to sit in on your company’s marketing and planning meetings.
- Invite the opportunity for youngsters to solve a problem or aid you in defeating the competition. Offer a prize – this will ameliorate the intrigue and be excellent for some positive press.
- Establish an internship program
- Comprise a workshop to be held at a local high school or college. Invite other businesses and allow the kids to ask questions.
- Start an entrepreneur camp held on the weekends a couple of times a year.
- Begin a student-lead board of advisors that address the pressing issues of your business to resolve.
- Offer to teach a class at a local school on how to start a business.
- Use your Web site to design a competition that centers on aspiring entrepreneurs. Have them either establish their own business models or seek solutions or improvements to your own.
How to Find the Next Star Employee - To learn more about this author, visit Ken Wisnefski's Website.
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Do you know who is going to be your next star employee? You know that kid down the street who comes around offering to rake your lawn in the fall and shovel your driveway in the winter? It just might be him.
Sports teams engage in it, so do colleges. It is called recruiting. With limitless information offered to any kid with a computer and Internet connection, it is not unreasonable to fathom kids today are “growing up” more quickly and engaging in “adult” activities and thoughts – such as making money.
Is it ridiculous to think kids want to be entrepreneurs at such an early age? With the influx of media displaying the acclaim and rewards associated with success, it may not be such an outlandish notion that kids are beginning to think ahead.
Have you been keeping your eye out for up-and-coming talent? Maybe you should be.
Where are they?-
Where do you find these industrious-minded, young stars? As aforementioned, they can be anywhere – maybe living in your neighborhood. Rather than soliciting door-to-door or outside the local convenience store, it is suggested to look into local high schools and colleges.
Young people need to supplement their drive and ideas with experience. Offer the opportunity to meet with interested parties through an internship process. It is rewarding for the candidate and the business. The candidate is provided with real-life business experience and the business becomes accustomed to working with the younger generation to garner insight in relation to them as a worker and a consumer.
Ideas to recruit young talent-
- Invite local students or a local club to sit in on your company’s marketing and planning meetings.
- Invite the opportunity for youngsters to solve a problem or aid you in defeating the competition. Offer a prize – this will ameliorate the intrigue and be excellent for some positive press.
- Establish an internship program
- Comprise a workshop to be held at a local high school or college. Invite other businesses and allow the kids to ask questions.
- Start an entrepreneur camp held on the weekends a couple of times a year.
- Begin a student-lead board of advisors that address the pressing issues of your business to resolve.
- Offer to teach a class at a local school on how to start a business.
- Use your Web site to design a competition that centers on aspiring entrepreneurs. Have them either establish their own business models or seek solutions or improvements to your own.
How to Find the Next Star Employee - To learn more about this author, visit Ken Wisnefski's Website.
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