Chapter 26 How to Select Employees
The land we'll be shooting next week is located outside Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road and within the Fifth Ring Road. The book suggests that in the future, there will be famous Olympic venues and multiple subway lines nearby. While they're all a kilometer or two away from the plot, it's still better than nothing.
The land being demolished was from an old urban village, and the residents had already been relocated to Huiguan and affordable housing developments further north. The demolition was complete, and the land was considered clean, with all the necessary connections and leveling services already in place.
Not many people have paid attention to it because the project has a construction area of only 100,000 square meters, which is a bit small and relatively remote.
There are still many mature plots of land along the Second and Third Ring Roads. Especially near the CBD, many factories have been vacated. The CBD is expanding eastward, and office buildings are rising one after another. The elites working there have a strong demand for housing, and they generally choose to live nearby, forming a new cluster of luxury apartments.
There's a saying about Beijing: the east is rich, the west is expensive, and the north is poor. Beyond the east, the west boasts numerous large parks and scenic spots, particularly the West Second and West Third Ring Roads, which are close to Beijing's renowned attractions. Zhongguancun, home to numerous universities and tech companies, is also a popular destination. Further west, the mountains and rivers highlight its wealth and prosperity, making it a high-end, livable area since ancient times.
The land that the CY District Committee has been worried about is inherently inferior to the high-quality plots mentioned above. Apart from other things, its location alone is far from the first ring road, almost reaching the fifth ring road from the fourth ring road.
It's so far away, there's no subway, no bus service, and no decent hospitals or schools. There's talk of an Olympic venue, but the Olympics won't start for another eight years. It's now completely desolate, with nothing but vacant land and farmland around it. The Fifth Ring Road is still under construction, making it a massive construction site.
Most professionals, given this location and plot ratio, would prefer to develop small-sized, affordable housing to meet basic needs, aiming for low costs, low total prices, and quick cash flow. Companies outside Beijing, like Fang Yue, are hesitant to invest heavily in their first foray into the Beijing market and tend to choose small-scale projects like this to control costs and quickly recoup funds.
Lin Ruoyan was determined to realize her eight-month spending plan on this piece of land, so she had to come up with a convincing idea. She had already figured out that the land purchase cost wouldn't be as high as the average, just-in-time purchase. Only by setting an upper limit could she achieve the luxury of a home.
At that time, no matter how other companies bid for the land, she just needs to keep holding up the sign.
The next thing she needed to focus on was selecting employees for the real estate company. She didn't care whether the office could be used this month; she had to hire and start paying the dozens of people in the company.
She couldn't follow the pattern of most private companies, where employees worked one month and then received their wages at the end of the next. Her plan was to pay all employees a full monthly salary, regardless of when they joined. The sooner the salary was paid, the better, provided the financial accounting and social security payments could be completed. Many state-owned enterprises did this, calling it advance pay, and she wanted to emulate them.
When Lin Ruxu first heard that her sister had tricked the agent selling the courtyard house into becoming her assistant, she felt a little worried.
Later, he asked Wang Kui and found out that Qin Shuang was a classmate of Wang Kui's. Qin Shuang had graduated from a top-tier university in Beijing with a degree in business administration. He had been a student leader and was highly capable. However, he had been frustrated by not getting into a state-owned enterprise because of his gender identity, and so he became an agent.
Such a capable girl is of course good, just right to be his sister's assistant. So without Lin Ruoyan saying anything, Lin Ruxu had already asked Wang Kui and Qin Shuang to connect with the resources of the Lin Group.
He transferred the resumes of all outstanding candidates in human resources, finance, logistics, and even told his sister, both explicitly and covertly, that anyone from Lin's company who his sister liked could be transferred to her real estate company.
Her brother's side was full of outstanding people, so how could Lin Ruoyan dare to accept anyone? She politely said that she would pick through the resumes of the candidates her brother had sent her, and that should be enough for her to handle the situation for a while.
Lin's company does not have real estate business, so it is not easy to find candidates for the design department and engineering department. But there is no need to rush. Other types of employees can definitely be arranged.
If she, as a president, wants to have a leisurely life in the future, she must have a president's office.
Qin Shuang has already admitted that his spoken English is not good and his alcohol tolerance is not good, so he should find an assistant who is fluent in spoken business English and an assistant who can speak polite words and has a good alcohol tolerance. He also needs two professional receptionists, a driver, etc., each of whom has his own duties and must not mix them.
Just look at it, the CEO's office alone can fill at least six positions. The educational requirements have been relaxed. Since she herself is not motivated, why would she bother herself with such a high level of education?
According to the boss's idea, Qin Shuang quickly selected a group of suitable candidates for the president's office position from the pile of resumes given by the Lin Group. She first gave a recommendation ranking to each person and waited for the boss to review them before deciding whether to arrange an interview.
Although many companies have non-professionals take on the role of HR, believing it's just about calculating salaries, allocating funds, and keeping track of everyone's work performance, Lin Ruoyan insisted on hiring someone who specializes in HR to lead the HR department. The same applies to the Finance department.
Both financial management and cashiering must be fully staffed. These two departments are related to her reasonable monthly spending. People need to be smart and absolutely obey the wishes of her as the boss.
Considering the company's early stages, we initially filled two or three positions in each of the HR and Finance departments, and then considered whether to add more people when the number of employees increased in the future. This solved another five or six job vacancies.
When Lin Ruoyan mentioned the logistics department, Qin Shuang boldly expressed his opinion. After all, that high-end office building already had dedicated security and cleaning staff, and there was also a restaurant in the basement. Since the driver was already in the CEO's office, why not just do without the logistics department?
This was the first time Qin Shuang had expressed his opinion, and Lin Ruoyan had to agree as a sign of encouragement. Anyway, the overall salary of the logistics department staff wasn't high, and she was going for the highest salary in the industry. It would be better to open a few more departments and recruit directors, which would make it easier to fool her brother.
There is also another critical department. To be more professional, it is responsible for the approval and construction procedures. In fact, the people needed must not only be familiar with real estate processes and be able to understand drawings, but also have certain public relations skills.
Such people don't need a high degree; the key is to be smart, outgoing, and good at socializing. Many serious real estate companies hire people who have previously worked in relevant government departments, or are the children or nephews of leaders, who have natural connections.
Qin Shuang listened carefully to Lin Ruoyan's description, and after searching through the resumes for a long time without finding a suitable one, he suggested, "Please continue. I will first record the job requirements clearly. If there are any that cannot be found in the resumes, I will send out recruitment notices."
The Lin Group has its own recruitment channels. Since campus recruitment can't keep up with the graduation season, they can only recruit from the society first. Qin Shuang is a little worried. Lin's Real Estate Company has just been established. If they directly post a job posting, it is estimated that there will be very few people submitting resumes. How can they recruit real talents?
She doesn't know yet that Lin Ruoyan's mind is not solely focused on recruiting talents.
It was not until Lin Ruoyan finished reading the resumes of the candidates from the President's Office and almost overturned Qin Shuang's ranking that Qin Shuang realized that the boss's selection criteria seemed a bit special.
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