Should you hire full-time or part-time?
Usually, I recommend hiring full-time because it reduces turnover and is better for the business overall. It’s also better for the OFS you hire.
But…
More important than hiring full-time is to just hire someone for whatever work you have to do.
Someone recently told me they were hesitating to hire because they have a bunch of little things they could have someone do for them, but don’t have time right now to train them for full-time work.
Fine!
Just hire someone. Full-time or part-time. Doesn’t matter.
Train them on one thing.
When you do, something magical happens. You gain a little time back (by giving them something that you were previously doing), and you start thinking like a CEO.
Then, in a week, train them on something else.
Then something else.
Don’t mind the initial “extra time left in the day” of them not working because the initial tasks you gave them are not enough to fill the work hours. Since they’re working at a much lower rate, you’ll still get your money’s worth. They can spend those hours fine-tuning their skills. Just let them know in the beginning that the work will become full-time within a few months.
Here’s a dirty little secret of mine. I’m not super efficient with new people when I hire them. They spend a few weeks of unproductive time before they’re really integrated into things. They spend hours with nothing to do because I’m not super prepared when I hire them.
I’ve always been this way!
Ready. Fire! Aim.
That’s how I do it.
Stop overthinking this and worrying about if you’re going to waste a bunch of $4.50/hour time. You’re wasting your own $500/hour time on $4.50/hour tasks.
Hire someone!
John