Any experiences hiring office staff?

jakejas · 2015-03-21T11:26:33+01:00

Explore experiences and tips on hiring office staff in Vietnam. Share insights, pitfalls, and advice tailored for small business owners.

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jakejasSerial 暗网禁区21 March 2015 09:26:33

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I am at the point that I need to hire a staff member for my small business. Does anyone have any advice or pitfalls that I need to watch out for? If you have a lot of good advice, I would even be willing to trade some of your experiences for a couple of beers.

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ShenztechGuest21 March 2015 22:37:59

Hi

For which country and for what sort of work

Regards

Sam

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jakejasSerial 暗网禁区21 March 2015 22:54:01

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For Vietnam, and it is a general staff member to help me with marketing, translation, sales, customer service, etc. for a B2C company.

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ShenztechGuest21 March 2015 23:01:46

Sorry for wasting your time as I am based in Shenzhen China

zabrinale Active member

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zabrinaleActive member22 March 2015 05:45:54

Hi Jakejas!
For this topic, you should ask Eodmatt or Jaitch, especially Jaitch as he owns businesses in Vietnam. PM them! Good Luck to you!

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ShenztechGuest22 March 2015 23:13:00

Jaitch has been banned.

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ShenztechGuest23 March 2015 00:10:26

As an office manager for a representative office in hcmc I have hired 14 office employees in the last 18 months.聽 3 out of the 14 failed the 2-month probation. Just a bit advice for you to know that there is a probation period that you can test out whether or not you want to keep...
Please PM me if you need additional details.

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jakejasSerial 暗网禁区28 March 2015 06:13:19

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I just started the interview process, and have mixed results. @ABC, I sent you a PM.

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Coach AthanContributor30 March 2015 10:37:43

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Our company has around 70 candidates for sales position and only 2 made it through the process.

For general staff, my feel is that you need to be more focus on your requirement and have discipline in your selection.

Most times, human being human, emotions set in and disrupt judgement.

Recruiting is a skill and requires a lot of judgement calls.

My 2 cents is each company is looking for different traits in people to join their team. Be focused and discipline is the key to shorten the selection process. Thereafter, is up to the company to motivate and develop the potential of that candidate.

Good luck buddy!