One technique I really liked, was taking a few hours after 5pm or an all day saturday session and hiring 10 employees. Tell them you're only looking for 2 employees or whatever set number. Tell them for the next month you'll work every saturday (or after working hours) learning the procedures, terminology, and test them, let them do wax-ups, finishing, model work. This lets your new hire's opt out and still keep their current job. After a month of working with them, you'll know who you'll want to take to the next level, then release the others. It lets them still keep their current job but also gives them a chance to audition for position amongst your lab. I like this method of hiring new people off the street, it really disguishes between the go-getters and the wanna-be's.
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