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The First 90 Days of Your First Hire
by Steve Kennedy
Decide. Hire. Lead.
Ninety days, one week at a time, from deciding whether to hire to a trained employee with a complete staff file: employee or contractor, the job and the pay, becoming an employer on paper, recruiting fairly, interviewing and the offer, the first-day paperwork, the handbook, onboarding and training, hours and payroll, feedback and documentation, and safety, leave and endings. Each week follows an invented tutoring practice making its first hire, with plain steps, the mistakes people make, and five things to have done by Friday.
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Thirteen weeks
Decide · Days 1 to 28
- Week 1Decide Whether to Hire
- Week 2Employee or Contractor?
- Week 3Write the Job and Set the Pay
- Week 4Become an Employer on Paper
Hire · Days 29 to 56
- Week 5Recruit Fairly
- Week 6Interview, Check and Offer
- Week 7The First-Day Paperwork
- Week 8The Staff File and the Handbook
Lead · Days 57 to 90
- Week 9Onboarding and Training
- Week 10Hours, Pay and Payroll
- Week 11Expectations, Feedback and Documentation
- Week 12Safety, Leave, Fair Treatment and Endings
- Week 13The Day 90 Review
A sample: how Week 1 begins
Week 1: Decide Whether to Hire The story.
Sam Achebe's waiting list had reached fourteen students. Every weekday afternoon was full, Saturday mornings were full, and he had begun, against his own rule from Book 2, to take a few evening sessions, which left him grading practice tests at eleven at night.
Tanya Bell, who now kept his books along with three other businesses, showed him the numbers at their monthly meeting. His income per tutoring hour was strong. His hours were not sustainable. And fourteen families were waiting, each worth, on average, about $2,400 a year.
"So hire someone," Tanya said.
What comes with the book
- The 90-day checklist: every "Before Friday" list in one file.
- A printable 13-week calendar.
- Full cost of an employee worksheet (Excel).
- Job description template.
- State labor and employer links sheet.
- Structured interview plan.
- Offer letter template.
- First-day checklist.
- Employee handbook outline.
- Training checklist template.
- Ninety-day review form.
- Download every file from the book's bonus page; the link is in Appendix D.
- Works on paper, in a spreadsheet or in any system you use now. Each week ends with a short note on where All In One For Profit does that week's work.
- General guidance, not legal, tax or accounting advice.
What readers say
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About the author
Steve Kennedy is the founder of All In One For Profit and All In One Nonprofit. He built the platform, and wrote this series, for the owners who do the work all day and the paperwork at night. More about Steve
The whole series
Six books: the small business owner, the private practice, the trades business, marketing a service business, running the books and your first hire: https://www.allinoneforprofit.com/books/