Archives for May 2005

Right now, I’m taking a May class, Human Resource Management. It is 8am to 11am, Monday thru Friday for 3 weeks. It’s a pretty intense class, but I’m doing well (I got an A on the last exam). I really like the course because we are covering the different aspects of Human Resource Management, things like legal regulation on hiring practices, job descriptions, recruitment etc. Basically, a lot of things to do with employment. This is good because right now, I’m looking to hire a new employee or two.

Work has picked up a little for my business. I have several projects on the table that I am working on, and am at the point where for me to grow anymore, I need to hire. I’m excited, yet at the same time, terrified. My big fear is that I’ll hire someone, and have to pay them, but they won’t be a benefit to my business.

Being a small business, I need to examine the cost/benefit for each hire. Ideally, I want to find someone with a similar skillset to myself, who understands some business, and who is willing to help grow the business and make it succeed. Basically, any employee I hire needs to help make the business more profitable, otherwise the employee becomes a liability. So I’ve been putting together a fairly detailed job description, as well as job requirements. But the more I look and focus on that, the harder it is going to be to find someone to fit that job.

So as I pursue this new opportunity/need for my business, I’m really prayerfully considering God’ plan in all of this, where He wants me to be, as well as where He wants my business to progress.

Well, I took my last final last night. And it feels good to be done with class for the semester. Too bad I’m taking a May class, and start class again on Monday!

Work is picking up, I’m getting a few more web design projects lined up. I need to get on the ball more and finish the ones in progress so I can get paid for them. I’m really excited about getting ARCO’s site up and running, I just need to get in touch with them and get the finalized contract signed.

Gerdus did a good job on the latest version of MXR, I like the new admin interface, as it is more intuitive. So it will be easier for me to use and teach others how to use it. For those who are unaware, MXR is the content management system that I use for most of my web development projects. It was coded by Gerdus van Zyl, a hosting customer of mine. It works great, and is a good CMS for designers/developers as it is quite customizable. I hope to be giving Gerdus a lot of work this summer as more projects come in.

I’m looking forward to the next few months. I’m going to focus on re-vamping my YouResell.com site, and doing a big push for resellers. My plans include updated reseller plans, value-added services, and a detailed internet marketing campaign. More details to come!

Well, I havent posted in a while. I have been extremely busy with meeting with potential clients, to working on a new development that has come to me. But I’ve taken a break from it all, and am spending the weekend at my parents house since tomorrow is Mothers Day.

I love my family, they’re all really cool, and I enjoy spending time with them. I especially like the fact that my parents are still married after 23 years. And I never know what I’m going to find when I come home to visit.

I got home yesterday afternoon, and there was a car in the driveway that I didn’t recognize. Its a 2005 silver Saab 93T. I go inside and ask who’s car that is, and my mom says, “It’s mine”. I asked what happened to her old car (a green 2000 Saab 93t that she bought last fall). Well, she traded it in for the new one because the payments were the same and insurance was only $40 more per year. I just had to shake my head… And my friends wonder where I get my spending habits from!

My mom recently got back from a trip to Brazil where she was visiting my Aunt & Uncle (who are missionaries in Brazil). So she had been gone for the last 2 weeks, so I didn’t see her when I was home last. I enjoy spending time with my mom, I like that I can bounce ideas off of her and talk about business stuff, especially since she has had her own businesses too. She recenly sold her Home Healthcare agency that had over 40 employees, and is now starting a promotional product business with my Dad.

Well, time to go help put the Dock, Boat lift, and Boat into the lake.