Business owners and HR professionals in the Middle East often worry about when to recruit more employees and announce job vacancies. Making this decision is crucial for any business. Managers should weigh all options and consider a variety of options.
Here are top signs that give you the indication that you need to recruit additional employees:
- You are wasting valuable time on non-essential tasks
- Delay in customer service and customer satisfaction is deteriorating
- Overwhelmed staff
- Work quality is going down
- Turning down new business opportunities
- Employees are working overtime
1- You are wasting valuable time on non-essential tasks
Watch out for this. Do you always finish your day with a number of unfinished tasks? Are you working at home after finishing at the office? Are you bogged down by administrative tasks? These are clear signs that you need to recruit additional staff members.
2- Delay in customer service and customer satisfaction is deteriorating
Does it take you long to serve your client? If your customers are not completely satisfied with your services and they are complaining or frustrated, then it is time to consider recruiting more staff members. Usually, you can tell by knowing whether your team is overstretched or not.
3- Overwhelmed Staff
Your team’s performance tells you whether your team of employees is overwhelmed or fatigued. When you see a higher number of sick days, more often than not, it is a sign of them being worn out. They try to look for jobs elsewhere as they feel the crunch. Once you see these signs, it is time to recruit more employees because the last thing you want is to allow your best employees to go and work for your competitors.
4- Work quality is going down
When your team is trying to perform at their maximum yet, the quality of their work suffers noticeably. When they try to be quick, it will be inevitable that they will become sloppy too. Don’t aim for quantity over quality. Always try to strike a balance between both. If so, then recruit more employees and the quantity and quality of your job will immensely improve.
5- Turning Down New Business Opportunities
When you are very busy and cannot serve new customers, it is a very clear sign that you really need more staff. It is a big mistake to turn new business down. You can always hire more staff and scale your business to accommodate for new businesses coming to your door asking for service.
6- Excessive Overtime
While your current employees are doing their best to perform daily tasks, and you still lumber them with overtime works at the end of the day. It will result in you incurring extra expenses that you could avoid if you had enough staff. By hiring more staff you will avoid the unnecessary extra cost of paying overtime and also overstretching your employees.
Decision Time
It is not an easy decision to hire more employees. You need to evaluate your workload, the skills and efficiency of your existing staff, your budget and your long-term organizational goals. Any additional staff to your business must bring value to your team that justifies the cost.
If you have any questions regarding the process of making decisions on hiring more staff please do not hesitate to reach out to our team at [email protected]. They will be happy to assess your company’s situation for free and determine whether you need more staff. Or you can do without it by improving your existing team performance. Also, you can visit our services page to learn about our services to companies and businesses.
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