HOW TO START A WINDOW CLEANING BUSINESS
Your window cleaning company has had a successful run, and now it’s time to expand to another crew member. It may be tough to envision some of your profit going to someone else, but that may be what you have to do to manage your newfound workload. If you are used to working on your own, you might not know what to look for in a new employee. What makes a good worker and what makes a bad one? The guide below includes tips for hiring the perfect window cleaning company assistant so you can find the right person for the job.
As you probably know by now, running a window cleaning company is not a 9-5 job. You might need to work early in the morning or late at night for some clients just to accommodate their schedules. With that in mind, your assistant needs to have just as flexible of a schedule as you do. College students and even high school students are great for part time work, but when you need someone to commit to you full-time, these people are too tied up to consider hiring.
You may one day have to trust your assistant to drive your company van or work a job all on his own. That process could go as far as collecting money from clients. When choosing someone to work with, you need to make sure you can trust that person with your income, your supplies, and your livelihood. Get a few references from every applicant and actually take the time to call them. You need to know who you are working with.
Quite frankly, window cleaning is not a difficult practice. Sure there are window cleaning techniques to make the job go faster, but overall, you don’t need to look for someone with a ton of experience. This person may have different techniques than you do and may have a hard time adjusting to how you work. Sometimes it is better just to train someone reliable from scratch.
At the end of the day, you are going to be spending a lot of time with your new assistant. Thus you need to select someone that you genuinely enjoy being around. You don’t have to be best friends, but you at least need to get along. If you can find this quality in a reliable, flexible person, you will have a great employee to add to the team.