John Jonas explains when to hire your first remote specialist: when you have a specific task you already know how to do and can teach. Hire to offload work you understand well, so you know what skills to look for, what to ask in interviews, and how to train them.
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Well, who's the first person you should hire? And to me, that person is to do something that you know how to do. And that's. That's really the key. So, like, you know you're ready to hire someone when you have something that you could teach someone else. That's when you know what the first person to hire is. Hire someone to do something that you know how to do. So it doesn't have to be that first thing, but it can be something that you could teach, something that you know how. You know exactly what skills you're looking for when you hire someone. You know what questions to ask, you know what the outcomes look like, you know how to give feedback, you know how to give training. It just makes the whole thing way, way, way easier. So what's the first person you should hire? Someone to get something off of your plate? Doing something that you know how to do would just make everything easier as you start this process.