Best,
Bruce
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Feels like being a gladiator at times…..

Auto Loan,
Thanks. The key I’ve found is to make it first about the relationship with the people you work with. By focusing on the relationship you can build the trust needed to turn some of your business over to others.

This post gives great guidelines for avoiding mistakes in the hiring process, and helping you find quality people from the get go.

To add to Rich Schefren’s suggestion, being an outsourcer himself, a person could recruit using a company like administaff. They’re trained from A-to-Z in recruiting for any position. Anyone they find can be signed as an independent contractor rather than an employee.

Why reinvent the wheel…

I think that if you recruit outsourced work through the framework of “worker seeking employment”, first, you get a different mindset than some lazy hack who thinks setting up an account at elance makes him a pro.

The former already intends to prove him or herself from the outset. Whereas the freelancer usually catches victims unawares by starting off with a low price.

Cheers,
Sam

God speed to you. And let me know if I can help in any way.

So, I am hoping to do better this time around because I want my consultants to have the best resource they can have for getting new business.

I would love emails with ideas and/or input. I will give out 25 free memberships too if anyone emails me for the promo code through the contact form on the site.

Thanks, Jill
http://www.jillsconsultantlist.com

Rebecca,
I’ve seen this problem too. Do you think the lack of performance will eventually catch up with their reputations?

Living,
Absolutely. I see anyone we work with as the building of a relationship – be it a consultant, design, employee or auto mechanic. Regardless of someone’s reputation, we should feel comfortable with them, their honesty, their integrity and their willingness to help us, don’t you think?

Thomas,
Without a doubt. Any tips on how to evaluate the clarity of communication between people?

However, another side to the point is when a new company hires people because of their “name”…to try to ride up the ladder based on the contacts that person is known to have in the community. I’ve have had to deal with a number of these types of hires in my last job. And without fail, once they know they are hired for their name, getting any sort of usable work from them just is not going to happen.

I always try to help my clients as much as I can. There is no job where I don’t give 100% of my knowledge.

All my clients are generally happy and pleased with my work, so I consider myself as a good designer.

Howie,
Yeah, exactly. Whenever there’s a service involved, the relationship becomes paramount. And I don’t think many business owners consider that as much. Do you?

Carol,
Of course you’re welcome. I think the important piece of what you said was ‘get me.’ As a client, you need your service provider to really get you…to understand you, your needs, how you think, how you work, what you can manage and how you communicate. In other words, you need a relationship.

Lori,
Yes, oh yes, oh yes! It is about getting out of yourself to serve the needs of the client. Yes! I think you have to know what’s going on in their heads to do great work for them. Music to my ears.

Mark,
(welcome back…long time, no see)

I hear you. There is a lot of hype out there. That’s another reason I’m so focused on the relationship end of things. If the relationship’s solid between the client and business owner, then the client can trust more of what the business owner is saying. That way, hype can become reality.

As for your question…

Remember, the consultant is a person. It might be possible to have a conversation around more effective ways to help out. You don’t want to ‘dog’ the consultant, yet you want to help them understand how to be more effective.

If that doesn’t work – and it may not – talk to the person who hired them and be honest about your concerns. As co-workers for their feedback. Perhaps the consultant simply isn’t a good fit for the temperament of the people in a business. That needs to be clearly articulated to those who hired them.

If that still doesn’t work, try to have the conversation with the consultant and the boss – and maybe even the whole team involved. Don’t team up on the consultant. And yet you want to express how the team could work better with the consultant. Find common ground – don’t get in a rock tossing match.

If all else fails, know that the consultant is likely temporary and go about your work as best you can without worrying too much. But I’d recommend trying to communicate first. Perhaps the consultant feels the same way.

I’m thinking two things: First, it’s hard to recognize the hype since so much of what’s happening in social media is new and untested. Sometimes something sounds plausible, but isn’t. Sometimes folks with lots of experience have lost their edge.

But what about the folks who don’t get to choose who the company hires? What if we are stuck with a consultant that is causing problems. That’s a solution I’d really like to hear someone address.