Sunday, 25 February 2007

Can't get the staff

This is the major concern on my mind this evening. We hired a new developer (or thought we did) to help us out with the cool project we've landed. Except now he's gone awol. No replies to emails, no answering the phone. So either he's taken a holiday or he's decided it is not for him. I would like to think the former or he'd at least have let us know.

Recruiting is a horrendously time-consuming business and there's nothing more frustrating than finding the perfect person and then being let down. My other service, Bright Tutors, absolutely relies on professional people who will answer the phone, turn up to teach every week and let you know if they are no longer available. That's before we even get to whether or not their teaching is good. When you find people who have both the talent to do the job and the willingness: pay them well and tell them you value them. One of them is worth ten of the others.

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