Job adverts for graduates written by small businesses so often draw a blank. But why?
What is the missing ingredient that attracts a graduate to your company?
Students are keen to join a small business, if the role advertised was attractive. There isn’t a lack of decent students.
Your advert needs to appeal to the qualities they seek from a small business and their career.
Maybe your staff don’t come out and say “It’s not my job”. But after settling into their role, some will be reluctant to ever move too far out of their comfort zone.
Perhaps they’re naturally insecure and defensive. Maybe the scope of their job has expanded beyond what they feel capable of dealing with. Whatever the reason, skills gaps will develop.
You expect your staff to work hand in glove… Continue reading →
Since my kids started school ten years ago, I’ve had to endure the tortuous process of buying the school uniform from the local shop.
They were the only place you could buy the uniform from. And their prices reflected this. What a great business if you owned it!
No need to worry about customer service – and they didn’t. No need to worry if you run short of stock, after… Continue reading →
I was comparing my client’s business to a football team the other week.
I’d just been through a DISC personality profiling team day which shows your mix of red (directness), yellow (ideas), green (teamwork) & blue (analysis). I’m a strong equal mix of red & blue, the former useful for running a business, the latter from years of working in finance.
To illustrate it, the DISC profile on our trainer… Continue reading →
Don’t suppose too many people will shed tears at the demise of car salesmen. They haven’t created the best of reputations. But the internet has really dealt them one body blow after another.
Firstly, buying cars from online companies with few overheads has seriously undercut the retail car showroom. Their only comeback is whether it’s safe in making large internet purchases, but as people get used to the internet, this… Continue reading →
It’s coming up to that time again – the quarterly presentation to the investors. For my client this involves updating the projects, reworking a financial forecast and preparing powerpoint slides.
He has to present it in his own style to put his point across. Maybe it’s for additional investment, or approval of a new project. Or giving bad news about a downgrade of the forecast.
Yet the content is cobbled… Continue reading →
It’s not so much a resistance to change, but rather a resistance to continual change. Many smaller businesses exhibit a reluctance of technology because what they have still works.
Have you upgraded any technology in the past 12 months? Do you have the skills or staff with the skills to handle it?
Or is it something that happens once every 10 years when a burning issue forces the change?
Perhaps… Continue reading →
A recent report commissioned by Bibby Financial Services and reported in Bdaily has shown that 71% of Yorkshire’s smaller businesses are forecasting growth over the next 3 months.
Many firms have been trading cautiously but since late last year there’s been a strong wave of confidence envelop the country.
There has been a strong rise in recruitment with a quarter having already taken on more staff and half saying they… Continue reading →
Volumes increase and there are not enough hours in the day to do it. Day after day. Sounds like you need to get out of your rut.
Perhaps time to take a step back. Maybe you’re working in the business too much rather than on the business?
Once you’ve recognised the need to take action to get out of your rut, the next question is how to resolve it?
When you want to take on a University student, how do you chose? Is is trial and error to divide the good and bad Universities?
Which Universities are better for smaller companies? Is it best to simply use the local University and if not, how is it possible to differentiate?
When I first started dealing with Universities I had the same questions. Questions that I find my clients regularly raise… Continue reading →
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