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In 03 years of being in business, this week i considered going back to an " easy " 9 to 5 life.<br />
The last two weeks were the hardest thing i ever done in my life ( and trust me, i have done a lot of hard things in life, including not being afraid of death threats because i did not wear something on my head, i slept in a sleeping bag once with my little one while it was -25 outside because i did not have enough money ( my first year in business ) to pay for a new electrical panel ..... But those things feel now like a piece of cake compared to the last week.<br />
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"If you follow my progress thread, you already know that i am offering a summer program : leadership, and entrepreuneurship program ....parents LOVED the concept. I had 447 registrations."<br />
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Last week was the one of busiest ( next week will have same number ) .... 100 kids ....it was crazy, my lack of experience managing a big number of kids was soooo obvious, it was embarassing.<br />
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I hired 10 young ( 18-25) to help with the program and have a ratio of 1 supervisor for 10 kids .<br />
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I will not bore you with details but here what i learned ( the very hard way )<br />
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2- People HATE paying extra for extra services ( i had Tshirts made for the program, they were not included in the price ....Parents would become sooooo angry when they learn it's an extra $15. I was soooo surprised by their reaction. Eventhoug the Tshirt is not mandatory or anything, they just did not like it being asked to pay more for something. So next time : Charge more upfront.<br />
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Will add more later ( time to get to work for next week )
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So, everyone loves your idea. They go crazy over it. You obviously have a solid concept. Nearly 450 registrations is no accident. You're definitely rockin' your idea...<br />
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Sounds to me that “what went wrong” concerns minion management. Minions (aka employees) are there to support you, the BO$$. The problem is, the minions... are minions. They screw things up. One second, everyone is rockin' to your idea... but with one bad move...<br />
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Your problem seems to revolve around hiring. If I read your post correctly, you hired ten minions, and then a main minion to manage the other minions.<br />
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Have you ever looked into job boards? Most people know about Monster and Career Builder, but most people do not know that these sites have a “back door,” something called a resume database. You can think of it like a people search engine. You can search for people based on an astonishing number of subsets. The top recruiters in any field use tools like this.<br />
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You probably already know about Monster and Career Builder, and there are extremely inexpensive – yet high quality – sources where you can find the best talent to fill your position.<br />
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You're right. Managing that many people is difficult. <b>That's why you need to know HOW and WHERE to find the BEST talent.<br />
<a href="http://zillionresumes.com/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener"><br />
Check out Zillion resumes</a>. </b><br />
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Before you spend a dime, try the "free demo search," so you can see if it's actually worth your time. You will be able to see the <b>COMPLETE</b> resumes of ANY candidate in their pool. Only their contact information is hidden. That's what you get when you pay, and you can download the resumes into a spreadsheet. The cost is very low, and you can target your searches down to a small radius around your zip code. Calling people from their resumes puts you in a position of power. Their cell phones – and home phones – are often on the resume (which also makes this a pretty sick prospecting tool, if you're clever). You can search for any type of person: people with security clearance, former or current c-suite executives. You can search for people with a specific type of skill set.<br />
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It really seems like you just hired the wrong person, and that created a chain reaction of bad events. Hiring the right person can cause the opposite to happen: a chain reaction of positive events.<br />
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Good luck!<br />
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Now, go find your King Bob.<br />
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