ChApter 8 | WRITE YOUR MARKETING AND PERSONNEL PLANS | 153Write Your Staffi ng Schedule
Now that you know what sort of people
you want to hire, your next job is to decide
how many people you need. (You may
have completed this already in Chapter 6,
“Complete Your Profi t and Loss Forecast,”
line 4a.)
The following example shows how
Antoinette thought through her staffi ng
schedule. You will make your decisions a
little differently, depending on the needs of
your particular business.
Antoinette’s Dress Shop:
Staffi ng ScheduleMy dress shop will need two people on
the fl oor at peak times (lunch and after
work). I can open the store at 11 a.m. and
can usually be available to fi ll in if the store
suddenly gets busy at an unexpected time,
as well as doing the books and ordering
when the store is not crowded. Th erefore, I
plan to hire one full-time clerk, with the title
of assistant manager, to work 40 hours a
week, and two full-time clerks, so that there
is always one employee in the store. Th at’s
a total of 120 hours per week of labor. Th e
assistant manager will work from 12 p.m.
to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from
opening to closing on Saturday. Th e two
clerks will be scheduled so that all the open
hours are covered.Write Job Descriptions
Next, open a new computer fi le or take
out several blank sheets of paper and title
each one “JOB DESCRIPTION.” Make sure
you have room for a separate description
for each person you plan to hire. Each job
description should include several items of
information:
• job title
• job duties
• skills required, personality desired
• education required
• supervisor, and
• pay rate and monthly total wages/
salary, including benefi ts, if any.
As an example, here’s how Antoinette
completed a job description sheet for her
sales clerks.