Who Should You Hire First

Who you should hire first depends on the nature of your business and what is most important to your business at that particular point in time.

 

If for example, you have an automotive business and you already have customers who are waiting to get their vehicles fixed it would make sense to hire another mechanic as your first employee.  If you hire someone in sales or administration you could end up loosing your customers and hence your revenue base.

 

If your business is selling a product over the internet whereby there is little need for interaction with the customer and you can handle the processing of incoming orders by yourself then it would make sense for your first employee to be in sales.  At this stage sales is what you need to generate more revenues and propel the business forward.

 

Depending on what your needs are at that particular stage in your business these are some of the most common first hire positions.

 

- Administrative

- Bookkeeping

- Sales

- Production

- Customer Service