I called the local high school and talked to the head of the art department. I explained what I did in my business, what the job would entail and what sort of person I was looking for. I asked her if she thought any of her students might be interested.

The teacher excitedly told me “Yes!” and that she would talk to the students and get back to me in a few days with a list of names.

When I spoke to her a few days later, she told me that she did indeed have a list, but felt that she was doing me an injustice if she didn’t highly recommend one particular girl. I interviewed this girl, which included looking at an art portfolio (to make sure that she could work in fine detail and to see how she worked with colour) and hired her on the spot. She was a total dream and after time, when I left the country even managed the business for me.

Sadly, I’ve had some nightmares too, in terms of staff and business partnerships. One day, I’ll try to write it all down in terms of what I’ve learned along the way.

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Very good point. It’s definitely useful to have first hand experience of all aspects of running your own business before asking others to help.

I don’t think that cloning myself would be a good idea, I think I would drive myself nuts!