subject: The Secret To Having A Successful Taxi Business [print this page] When you look closely at any DFW taxi service, or any Dallas, Texas limo service, you will notice that all the things involved in the business such as the vehicles, the office design, the sales and marketing strategy, can be copied or can be the same for a lot of companies and operatorsexcept for one thing: their employees. Having efficient, polite, and customer-oriented employees is the secret in making your DFW limo service or taxi service a business success.
With that said, it is then very important for a transportation rental service company like an Arlington taxi service or a Mansfield taxi service company to know how to go about hiring their employees such as drivers and dispatchers. How can you see indirectly during the hiring process or interview if the applicant has the attitude and character of the great employee you are looking for?
First of all you need to have employees that can actually get along with the other staff members. When you do the interview, why not try to introduce the prospective employee to different departments and see how he or she interacts with the people. Notice how well he or she is able to converse with them, what is his or her reaction when the staff members ask a bit about their background, and see if he or she is cheerful and confident about himself or herself. Noticing all these small things can give you a lot of clue about the prospective employees personality.
Second, it is always good to hire employees who have a very good reference and track record from their previous employers. You can of course do a background check and call up previous supervisors, managers, or even colleagues like other drivers in that transportation rental company. Talking to people is the best way to get a realistic idea of how your prospective employee is in terms of personality and attitude in work.
Third, it would be great if you can give employees a sort of a trial period. Unlike probation where you consider the applicant as hired already and just under an observation period, having a trial employment can make the hiring process less bureaucratic and save you a lot of time doing all the traditional steps in looking for an employee. In a trial period, you basically put the employee right smack where the action is. You see how good their experience is, how they are able to handle customers, and how motivated they are in doing and performing well in their work.
