Abbie Hawkins is the Senior Channel Account Manager for JazzHR, the best hiring software in the pet industry. Listen in to see how over 60 pet sitting companies are turning their "I don't have anyone to hire" problem into "I have too many qualified applicants to sift through" This is a great episode you will want to hear! Biggest Takeaway You Don't Want To Miss The two problems you will always be solving in your pet sitting or dog walking company is getting more clients and getting more staff. By having a consistent, on-going hiring funnel, we can solve the problem of staffing once and for all. By always having an abundance of staff that are able to step in at any moment's notice, you are preventing yourself from being held hostage in your business. Hiring isn't a means to an end - it is an on-going process! Show Highlights How do we change the mindset from hiring one person to having an actual hiring funnel? [5:00] What happens if you don't have the right amount of staff? [6:45] How does JazzHR solve the hiring problem on a global scale? [8:00] What are some tips to having a strong hiring ad? [11:00] Can you describe what a knockout question is? [14:00] What are some sample hiring flows you've seen in other businesses? [18:00] How do I proceed when I have resignations and new positions to fill? [18:45] Any suggestions to bring in more applicants? [23:00] Links: Jump & Scale: jumpconsulting.net/scale JazzHR: http://info.jazzhr.com/jump-consulting.html Share The Show: Did you enjoy the show? We would love it if you subscribed today and left us a 5-star review! Click this link – Bella In Your Business Click on the ‘Subscribe’ button below the artwork Go to the ‘Ratings and Reviews’ section Click on ‘Write a Review’ Transcript: This is episode 123 of Bella in Your Business. Do you feel like your business is going around on a merry-go-round? Well, I’ve got news for you. This episode is sponsored by my incredible webinar series called Jump and Scale. It gets you off that merry-go-round and up to the next level in your business. It’s called Jump and Scale and it’s free for you right now. Just go ahead and sign up at jumpconsulting.net/scale. You will learn how to grow your business, increase your staff, and not be held hostage to business. So go ahead, sign up for free. That’s jumpconsulting.net/scale. I’ll see you inside. Welcome to Bella in Your Business, where Bella will discuss anything and everything about your pet sitting business to help you land on target. So get ready, Bella’s got your chute. Let’s jump. Welcome everybody to Bella in Your Business. My name is Bella Vasta from Jump Consulting, and today I have one of my virtual friends with me. I call this girlfriend because friends look out for each other, and for the past three months, she’s not only looked out for me but for 57 of you—I think that’s the number, or 54, I can’t remember because it grows all the time. My guest today is Abby Hawkins from JazzHR. Abby, how are you? Abby: Great. Thanks for having me today, Bella. Bella: Absolutely. So we are actually recording this on a Facebook Live, but it will become a podcast. I really just wanted to talk about all these woes because there are two things that I tell everyone in our community they’re always going to have to solve, and that’s getting more clients and getting more employees. If we can at least solve 50% of those problems, it would open up our life and our time and our energy to so much more. Forever, what we’ve had to do is post on Craigslist every week or post on Indeed and then sift through things. So I want to first start talking about what you see happen to businesses if they can’t find someone to hire. I imagine that all the people that you start talking with are kind of at that breaking point, right? Abby: Absolutely. When you can’t hire, tasks pile up. You have way too much work to do.