Week 8

This week we learned about the hiring process.  I have sat in on a few interviews, but I have never had the responsibility of hiring and firing employees.  This is something that I find to be uncomfortable to me, as I am more of a passive/aggressive person that tries to avoid conflict.  However, I understand this is a major part of the business process, and it is important to hire those people that will improve your business.  While hiring those that have the right education and experience is necessary, some of the skills and training can be completed on the job if the right candidate is found, but may not have all the exact skills. 

For the $100 Challenge, this week I wrapped up the three shoots I did last weekend.  I spent several hours editing the pictures from the sessions.  I burned each customer’s images to a dvd and printed out a print release to include with the disc.  I gave them to each of the customers within 3 days of taking their pictures.  While I feel that is a decent turnaround time, I feel like if this was to go beyond the challenge, I would schedule things a little differently.  I have created a blog to put the shoots on to display the work for possible customers.  This week, I will determine one more date of the “mini shoots” and use Facebook as networking to see if I can’t get more customers.