[aderyn06]

Well since I started out on my own a couple of months ago things have been going nicely with me being out part of most days. I do clean for a lady once a fortnight but only for a couple of hours and it's a 40 mile round trip. I know I am not really making much with this but she is 87 and says she can't find a cleaner in the town she lives.
I did phone a cleaning company based in her town to see whether they could take her on, the owner a very nice lady told me she just can't find cleaners and has 9 people on her books waiting for a cleaner.
Now what I was wondering is this, is this shortage a national problem or just in certain areas. I ask because I have put an ad in the next yellow pages and am a little concerned that if more work comes in I won't be able to accept it because there will be no staff.
any thoughts?

[Art]

Hi Aderyn, what you should have done is took someone on to off load some of your current work onto then built on that

[martin19842]

hi there

it is a very difficult situation, but all to common,

most financial directors will tell you,  sell, sell , sell,

then fulfill those sales. 

generate the revenue stream before resourcing up.

yes i agree it is very difficult to do that, but it generates a positive growth  scenario.

by having the revenue stream to offset against the cost centre.

its a very difficult balance.

i always look at it like this, if  additional resource is required, then n day one of that resource hitting the road, there should be at least 50% of their time already allocated to jobs, ideally 60%.

then that allows you to confidentally sell more service, knowing that resource is there, as that resource moves up to capacity, then the cysle starts again.

regards

martin

[aderyn06]

many thanks for your thoughts peeps