The Design and Construction Report’s second issue
We’re stepping up the search for an associate publisher for The Design and Construction Report (http://www.dcnreport.com). This is a home-based opportunity with a base salary. Income potential is $60 to $90,000 a year. The work is selling and marketing related — and will appeal to you if you are great at both.
Although the publication has a North-America-wide focus, it traces its roots to the Design and Construction Network (http://www.mydcn.com) founded in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area, so that is where we are concentrating our search.
In addition to postings on relevant Linkedin.com groups, I’ll be posting the first of a series of Craigslist ads at midnight tonight (Dec. 30).
Why midnight? Craigslist has a simple chronological posting structure — you can only be the ‘top’ listing until someone else posts that day, but if you are first, at midnight, you are sure to be the bottom, or first listing of the day. At $25.00 per listing, the advertising won’t break our budgets
Like most employment opportunities, many more people will apply than are qualified for the work. We simplify things but ensure everyone has a fair chance, with a simple introductory questionnaire (and job description), and a brief sales orientation/aptitude test. These take just a few minutes to complete.
The requirement to complete the questionnaire and test ensures only people who are really interested in the opportunity are evaluated more closely. The test is a somewhat arbitrary screening tool, but we have validated it, and (as our test provider reminds us), if we get 70 to 80 per cent reliability on the results, we are achieving the objective. The cost of screening and assessing the 20 per cent who might be really good for the work, but don’t score highly on the test, is just too great.
At this point, we’ll interview finalists by phone and set up a mutually agreeable work schedule where we will see (if you are a finalist), you can do the work. We compensate for the time and effort here, as this evaluation can take several days.
The drop-out rate is quite high, but on the other hand, the person we hire will really be right for the work, and can grow into the opportunity.
If you are interested in learning more, please feel free to email me at buckshon@cnrgp.com with a copy of your resume, and I’ll send you a copy of the questionnaire/job description and evaluation test.
