[JRDEasiReach]

Got an email through today via my site from a 27 yr old looking some work, i barely have enough for myself at the moment BUT it got me thinking, should i email him back and then meet with him to see if hes 'got it' up top and then maybe get him to assist in building up my round for me in the new year?  Then agree a rate to pay him should he get new work for me, obviously not let him price it though? What you reckon??

[jonnyald]

tell him u will give him a tenner for every new customer he can point your way . dont complicate it by organizing canvassing or you are going down the road of employing him. just let him use his initiative 

[leapstallbuildings]

Not saying that this would always be the case but I asked around about a guy who wrote to me some time back.
He listed his previous employers - one of whom I knew.  So I asked him about the guy (I didn't want an employee - I was just being nosey).  There was a break in his employment history.  Turned out he had done 2 years for attacking someone with a hammer.  Now even if the guy had calmed down, I wouldn't want to chance it.  Imagine trying to do a disciplinary on a guy who had done that LOL.
Sod that !!

Apparently he used to treat the vans like he was riding a bucking bronco too.

[dazmond]

if i were u JRD id get out there myself.why get someone else to build ur round?YOU meet the custys,YOU price the job up.whos business is it JRD? uv already said uv got v.little work so plenty of time to canvass/leaflet.JUST GET OUT THERE MAN!!

best wishes

dazmond

[prestigeclean]

put an ad in your local rag , you,re looking for someone who has knocked doors before , show them how you price and expect to get some jobs you agree with and some you don,t , in my opinion you need to give the canvasser a bit of leeway on the pricing , tell him roughly where you want the work and your business will grow much faster than those that do it themselves , pay him 1.25 for monthly jobs and 1x for anything longer regards alan

[JRDEasiReach]

had a wee thought and decided im not going to bother with it, may just have the courtesy to email him back to say that i have no vacancys at the moment.