Archive for June 24th, 2005
Hiring an Employee for Your Homebased Biz
Entrepreneur: “Prior to an interview, you should let each candidate know about your home office base. In my case, one of the things I couldn’t help but wonder was whether the company was trying to hide something from me.”
Franchises Use Personality Tests to Assess Potential Buyers
Startup Journal: If you’re shopping for a franchise, the odds are good that you, too, will be invited to take a personality survey. Thomas Bowman, director of franchise solutions for Wonderlic Inc., says his Libertyville, Ill.-based company has prepared customized personality surveys for “hundreds” of franchisers, which he declined to name. Accord uses a behavioral [...]
An Academic & A Social Worker Go Into Business — As Cleaners!
BizJournal: In their earlier professions, Jane and Ty Branam weren’t exactly cleaning up. Jane, a Ph.D. in foreign languages, taught at Johnson C. Smith University and had grown weary of watching students pursue careers more lucrative than hers. Meanwhile, her husband, Ty, had tired of the bureaucracy at the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services, [...]
