{"id":2020,"date":"2017-05-09T12:43:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T12:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2017-04-18T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T12:46:25","slug":"hiring-staff-for-corporate-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/hiring-staff-for-corporate-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring staff for corporate events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring event staff at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/venues.html\">party and event venues<\/a> is an investment in your company and it\u2019s important to find the right mix of skills and abilities in the people you hire \u2013 whether they\u2019re part of your day-to-day team or contracted for a specific event.<\/p>\n<p>No business owner has single-handedly built a successful and sustainable business on their own and it takes a great team to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Create an ideal employee description \u2013 write out a description of the person you\u2019re looking for that defines their work ethic, what skills they have and their job responsibilities.<br \/>\nSpeak to your accountant so you know how to legally handle full- or part-time employees vs. contract employees.<br \/>\nTo save time and help narrow your search, create an online application.This is a great way to see someone\u2019s personality and their communication skills before you decide to meet them in person.<br \/>\nReach out to your business contacts for referrals\u2013 often this results in the best candidates when you hire event staff.<br \/>\nInterview Questions To Ask During The Interview<br \/>\nOnce you\u2019ve identified who you\u2019re looking for, it\u2019s time to narrow your search and interview and screen the top candidates. Here are some questions to ask during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Describe your event planning experience<br \/>\nWhat attracted you to this position?<br \/>\nHow do you make decisions?<br \/>\nWhat are your strengths and how do you use them when planning an event or working for an event planner?<br \/>\nWhat area(s) of event planning do you need more improvement or training in?<br \/>\nHow do you handle a situation when things don\u2019t go as planned?<br \/>\nWhat makes you love coming to work everyday (or for each event)?<br \/>\nDescribe a time when you were asked to do something you weren\u2019t trained to do. How did you handle it?<br \/>\nWhat do you like to do in your free time?<br \/>\nIs there anything stopping you from working long hours, weekends, evenings or last minute?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring event staff at party and event venues is an investment in your company and it\u2019s important to find the right mix of skills and abilities in the people you hire \u2013 whether they\u2019re part of your day-to-day team or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/hiring-staff-for-corporate-events\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,543,336,22],"tags":[36,114,291,16,285,748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2021,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020\/revisions\/2021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.redmasque.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}