Starting a cleaning business (or any other type of business) is not a terribly complicated task. That is as long as you keep it simple. Everyday I see or speak to people who complicate the process, making it harder to achieve success. They somehow manage to turn something easy into something hard. This can manifest itself in many forms. The main one being mixed up … [Read more...] about Keeping It Simple
Archives for June 2010
Interviewing Basics For The Cleaning Industry
Hiring people is a tough business. Finding the proverbial "needle in a haystack" can be a real chore. It's difficult to see through the facade of the applicant at times. They are obviously going to try to show only their best side (and suppress the "other" side) during the hiring process. This is to be expected. So your work is going to be cut out for you. The stakes are … [Read more...] about Interviewing Basics For The Cleaning Industry
Make Life Easy. Hire Quality People.
No one thing determines how well your cleaning company runs as much as your people. It's no real surprise really, it's just so easy to forget. Many times (in your haste) you settle for the first normal looking, normal acting, normal talking person that walks in the door. I've been guilty of this many times, especially early in my career. What was the result of this … [Read more...] about Make Life Easy. Hire Quality People.
Tips On Verifying References
A very important part of the hiring process is checking out the applicants employment references. When you are running a cleaning company this is a step you don't want to skip. A lot of information can be gleaned from not only what type of references your applicants supply, but what the those references say (or don't say). Let's dig in right away, here are some rules to live … [Read more...] about Tips On Verifying References
First Key To Success
One of the most important parts of starting your own cleaning business boils down to one thing. Believing you will be successful. This may seem a little obvious to some (I hope you are in this camp), but to many this whole "believing in yourself" talk is nothing more than nonsense. The naysayers will say "belief" has nothing to do with it. They argue that your cleaning … [Read more...] about First Key To Success