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The $100 MBA Show

MBA1452 Should You Hire Friends and Family of Team Members? + Free Ride Friday

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hiring the best employees is no easy task. That task is further complicated when the perfect fit happens to be the relative, friend, or significant other of someone on your team. Trust me, we’ve been there.

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0:28.4

All right, let's jump into today's episode. Good.

0:33.0

Heyo!

0:37.0

Welcome to the $100 MBA show!

0:40.0

Welcome to the $100 MBA show, Business Sal at its best every day with her daily 10-minute-business

0:45.5

lessons for the real world. I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar Z-home. I'm also

0:50.9

the co-founder of the $100 MBA, a complete business training and community online.

0:55.8

And in today's lesson you will learn, should you hire friends and family members of teammates?

1:00.6

This is a discussion that has been going on for a few months now that I've seen in private groups and on Twitter.

1:06.0

Many business owners will get referrals from their current employees for job openings that they've posted.

1:12.0

Many of those referrals are close friends of their employees. please for job openings that they've posted.

1:12.8

Many of those referrals are close friends of their teammates, of the person that's referring

1:17.2

them, or even a family member, like a brother or sister, or even a cousin.

1:20.5

Is it a good idea?

1:22.0

Some people worry that, hey, what if the relationship, the personal relationship, has a falling out?

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