070: The 4 Step Formula To Hiring 'A' Players On Elance

We all understand that hiring great people is critical to your ecommerce success, yet too many businesses have a revolving door of unreliable and subpar freelancers. You can stop that revolving door today because we’re going to teach you how to hire fantastic and reliable freelancers for your ecommerce company in only 4 simple steps.

An essential part of any business is the team that you surround yourself with. In the world of online business, specifically ecommerce, we’re seeing too many companies taking shortcuts and not creating a team that will last.

We’ve spent years making mistakes when hiring freelancers on Elance and Odesk, but along the way we’ve developed a system that has helped us hire ONLY 'A' players...and it has made all the difference.

Key Takeaways from the Show

• The 4 steps to hiring 'A' players on Elance.
• The issues that commonly show up when hiring off of Elance.
• Why this is so important for ecommerce companies.
• We’ll cover the exact strategy we use to write an effective job description.
• The results we’re seeing from implementing this system in our business.

Links / Resources

• Top Grading
• Hiring A Players Article
• Example Google Survey
• Elance - The job hiring site we’re focused on.

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