One of the hardest parts of running a home based recruitment business is separating your work from your family and social life. Here are six proven ways to keep your home life running smoothly while keeping your business on track.
If you work from home, chances are you already know that you’re really pulling “double duty”. You probably work on your business while doing the laundry, corralling the kids, or fixing dinner… and let’s not forget all the phone calls from family and friends expecting you to run errands or just “go out” for an afternoon of fun.
One of the hardest parts of running a home based recruitment business is separating your work from your family and social life. Here are six proven ways to keep your home life running smoothly while keeping your business on track.
1. First, create a work schedule and stick with it. It may be tempting to answer personal calls during the day or take business calls after-hours, but doing this actually shows that you’re expendable – not dependable – and people will take for granted that you’ll “always be there” for any little things that come up. Even though family comes first, stay true to your business hours and resist the urge to chat with friends or pick up groceries during working
hours.
2. Your friends may consider “working from home” an invitation to chat during the day or just go out for coffee or shopping for an afternoon. Make it clear that your business hours are just that – for business. Leave personal calls for after-hours, and you’ll find that your friends will gradually accept your schedule without feeling slighted.
3. Just because you have to set up a work schedule, does not mean that you have to keep the same hours as everyone else.
One of the benefits of working for yourself is setting your own hours to fit your most productive times. Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you’ll find that you’ll get much more done when you’re attuned to your body’s own natural rhythms.
Some people work in the morning, take a break in the afternoon when the kids are home from school, and work again in the evening.
Schedule your work time when you feel the most productive and you’ll find that things get done easier, faster and better than when you were dragging along during those same rigid work hours that everyone else has.
4. If getting after-hours business calls or work day personal calls is a problem, it helps to have a separate business phone line, or at least an answering machine or voice mail, to take the incoming calls.
This also gives your business a more professional appearance to clients than if you and your family make and receive calls from the same phone line.
5. If at all possible, try to separate your “home office” from the rest of your home. If you don’t have the luxury of a separate room, a room partition or screen can be just as helpful.
This also serves as a visual cue to family that you’re working and should not be bothered.
6. Dress and act professionally while working. Some people find it helpful to dress in casual business attire during their working hours. This reinforces that just because you’re working from home does not make you any less of a professional.
Answer the phone with your name, or business name, and keep your children off the phone during business hours. Also, spend money investing in the tools you need to do your job right. A cell phone, fax machine or even a budget computer can help turn your home office into a true workspace.
If you follow all of these tips and stick with them, chances are you’ll find a routine that not only makes you feel productive and active in your business, but also projects the message that you mean business – literally!
An Invitation (for you and a guest) to attend a
FREE Recruitment Startup Workshop
We are currently running FREE Recruitment Startup Workshops that are designed to give you an insight into the key skills and knowledge needed to set up and run your very own home-based recruitment agency.
No previous recruitment or business is required as anyone looking to start up will have direct 1-2-1 training with our companies CEO who has over 40 years recruitment industry experience.
If you would like to attend one of our Free Workshop, then all you will simply have to do is to contact our recruitment centre today to book your place on 0800 622 6877.
Here are some of the key points that will be covered at the Workshop presentation:
- Introduction to a new and unique business designed for complete newbies to make money…
- Why now’s the perfect time for you to start your very own home-based recruitment agency…
- Why it is nearly impossible for your home-based recruitment agency to fail…
- How you can earn a substantial income working just two to three evenings per week…
- How to find immediate vacancies and candidates for you to generate an immediate income…
- Revealed for the first time exactly how recruitment agencies make their vast fortunes…
- How to secure grant funding to start your home-based recruitment agency…
And much, much more….
Places at these workshops go quickly, and, depending on numbers, this may be your only chance to benefit from our FREE Recruitment start Up Workshop.
So, make sure you book today, right now, while you're still reading this newsletter.
Here's how to register:
Simply contact our recruitment centre on 0800 622 6877 to register for your free ticket to attend the event.
Clients who attend the Workshop Presentation will receive the following free gifts just for attending:
FREE GIFT #1: Introductory Recruitment Start-Up Online Course - The programme will give you an insight as to what this business is all about and an opportunity for you to find out more about how you can earn a substantial income running your very own recruitment agency. Topics covered in your Free online course are as follows:
- Chapter 1: Introduction to starting a home-based Recruitment Business.
- Chapter 2: Overview of the role of a Recruitment Consultant
- Chapter 3: The benefits of starting your very own home-based Recruitment Business
- Chapter 4: How to set up and run your home-based Recruitment Business on a ‘Shoestring’ budget
- Chapter 5: Why now is the perfect time for you to start a Recruitment Business
- Chapter 6: - How to make £5,000 from one introduction in 30 days or less?
FREE GIFT #2 Recruitment Agency Revolution. You will receive a physical copy of our CEO’s latest
book Recruitment Agency Revolution. ‘The explosive growth of the internet and the easy accessibility of new e-recruitment tools such as job boards and CV Databases make this a perfect business opportunity and an ideal time for you to learn how to earn 10 times the average salary in a few short weeks. This Book will provide information on the first steps to getting started. (The book also has testimonials from over 120 of our amazing clients and customers who have all benefited from this remarkable recruitment agency business opportunity, that is taking the industry by storm.)
FREE GIFT #3 Accountancy Software Package - easy-to-use, full
training programme included – This software is designed to help you to easily manage your finances. Accountancy Software Package -dedicated for small to medium-sized businesses. The programme is web-based and will empower you with the tools you need to manage your accounts and liberate you from the mundane tasks that can slow you down.
FREE GIFT #4 Draft Business Plan - Your recruitment Business Plan will help you to know
exactly what steps you need to take in order to get your business generating a healthy income in the shortest time possible. It will also serve as a tool for helping you to quickly raise funds for your new venture. Having a business plan allows you to think more clearly about what you’re doing and where you are going.
FREE GIFT #5 Free Manual “How To Successfully Apply For A Start-Up Grant”.
If you want to know the secret of how to find grant funding to help get your recruitment agency off the ground then you will simply need to come along to the event and claim your copy of this free manual to find out how you can help yourself to £billions of grant funding. As an aside, 99% of people miss out on securing a grant due to one very simple oversight which is covered in a future newsletter.
Yes, all these 5 incredible bonuses (Valued at £497) are yours completely free at the end of this event.
Simply contact our recruitment team on Free Phone 0800 622 6877 to find out the dates and venue to reserve your place.
There is one thing you should know, places at these workshops go quickly, and, depending on numbers this may be your only chance to benefit from our FREE Recruitment Start Up induction programme.
P.S. Free Book: Get my book ‘Recruitment Agency Revolution.’ This book is your first step
to finding out exactly how recruitment agencies make their vast fortunes and more importantly how you can have your slice of this very lucrative industry.
The book includes information about starting a recruitment agency that you won’t find anywhere else, on or off the internet.
Plus, there is a chapter with testimonials from over 120 of some of my amazing clients and customers who have all benefited from this remarkable business opportunity.
This 162-page book covers in great detail the full recruitment process from finding jobs to sourcing suitable candidates and is free; you
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P.P.S. Testimonial: “Joe took us through the process of calling clients and was key for us in being able to become confident in what we were
doing. We made our first placement, and literally, the doors opened; we made five placements one after the other, and that was a total of £39,000 that we billed within the space of six weeks!”
Chris P.
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Thought For The Day
“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you,
than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you”.