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The $100 MBA Show

MBA1221 Is Hiring Part Time Employees a Good Idea?

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

What do you do with a dedicated, talented worker who’s exactly the kind of employee you need — but only sometimes Employing part-timers has unique advantages, but it also comes with some challenges. Give them too much work, and they’re not part-time. Give them too little, and they won’t hang around long. So how can you ensure commitment despite the less committed nature of the part-time relationship?

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0:00.0

Heyo! Welcome to the $100 MBA Show Powerful Business Lessons

0:13.5

Coming at you every day with our daily 10 minute business

0:16.0

lessons for the real world.

0:18.4

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar's in home.

0:21.8

I'm also the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete

0:25.2

business training, and community online. And in today's lesson you will learn

0:28.8

is hiring part-time employees a good idea? There's a right way and a wrong way to have a relationship with a part-time employee.

0:37.0

Just like in any relationship, business is no different. We respond to the level of commitment the other party has.

0:45.6

And often businesses have a hard time hanging on to good part-time employees because frankly

0:50.9

they don't feel like you're committed to them.

0:53.0

So in today's lesson I'm going to share with you what works when it comes to having part-time employees.

0:58.0

Many of us we try to count on freelancers and people to fill in extra hours.

1:03.0

But if it's not steady work, consistent, predictable work, and income for the other party,

1:09.0

for the employee, they're going to look elsewhere, they're going to look for somebody who is committed.

1:12.7

So what's the solution?

1:13.8

What can you do when you need somebody to do some work?

1:17.5

You don't need them full time, but you want to hang on to them

1:20.2

for the long run as a part-time employee.

1:23.0

That's what we discuss in today's lesson,

1:25.0

so let's get into it.

1:26.0

Let's get down to business. Support for today's show comes from NYU Masters Online.

1:36.7

Are you prepared to excel in today's data-driven business world?

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