{"id":36609,"date":"2022-09-08T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=36609"},"modified":"2023-03-14T14:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T18:16:36","slug":"hiring-and-employing-interview-with-jonathan-michael-monson-of-dirty-to-dreamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/hiring-and-employing-interview-with-jonathan-michael-monson-of-dirty-to-dreamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring And Employing &#8211; Interview with Jonathan Michael Monson of Dirty2Dreamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedreamyway.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan Michael Monson<\/a>, of Dirty To Dreamy Detailing, was kind enough to take time out of his very busy schedule to speak with me on the topic of hiring employees.\u00a0 I wanted to share a 1 on 1 discussion I had with a business owner who has successfully scaled a business that has seen yearly growth.\u00a0 This is someone who I view as a leader in the detailing community and as stated by Tony Robbins, success leaves clues. In my opinion, I reached out to the best person I could find on the subject.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jonathan-Michael-Monson-of-Dirty-To-Dreamy-.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Michael Monson of Dirty2Dreamy \" width=\"720\" height=\"936\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jonathan-Michael-Monson-of-Dirty-To-Dreamy-.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jonathan-Michael-Monson-of-Dirty-To-Dreamy--231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan spoke of hiring employees with the mindset of someone joining a team versus merely filling a position.\u00a0 I think a lot of people forget the hiring process is an investment.\u00a0 From experience in work environments with high turnover, if the employer does not invest the energy to get this right, the output is going to show in the staff hired.\u00a0 Jonathan&#8217;s dedication to getting this right was what stood out to me.<\/p>\n<p>He broke down his hiring process into these questions that need to be addressed\/sub-communicated in the interview.\u00a0 He is looking for: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honesty<\/li>\n<li>Integrity<\/li>\n<li>Ability To Hold Eye Contact<\/li>\n<li>Dressing The Part (not over or under-dressing)<\/li>\n<li>Signs Of Work Ethic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The interview process is intentionally brutal.\u00a0 He wants to see your desire and determination before he hires you.\u00a0 If he or she can go through the tough times here that is telling of the adversity an employee will embrace at work. There is a two-interview process.\u00a0 Jonathan considers the first interview a show.\u00a0 He believes he gets to see the &#8216;real person&#8217; in the second interview.\u00a0 Even after a second interview he does not hire immediately, unless he is blown away.\u00a0 He sleeps on an interview.\u00a0 He is quick to fire and slow to hire.\u00a0 There is a 30-day period, in which he wants to see if you will work out.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan is proactive!\u00a0 He does not hire someone when he needs them for a job immediately or for the following week.\u00a0 He hires employees for when he is going to scale his workload a month or further down the line.\u00a0 Many of us who have mentored others in the detailing community have talked about not forgetting we are business owners who may also detail cars.\u00a0 Being forward thinking comes with the territory of owning a business.\u00a0 This mindset is more conducive to recruiting and making quality decisions, that include hiring the right people for your business.<\/p>\n<p>He enjoys finding employees who are inexperienced.\u00a0 This is conducive to training them without ego interference.\u00a0 It is more important he finds signs of experienced work ethic.\u00a0 For that reason, people who work long hours in restaurant work have been his favorite hires.\u00a0 Those people are already demonstrating the work ethic he is looking for in an interview.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dirty-To-Dreamy-Crew.jpg\" alt=\"Dirty2Dreamy Crew\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dirty-To-Dreamy-Crew.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Dirty-To-Dreamy-Crew-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even before this interview, Jonathan has taken the time over the years to share his differences in the way he treats customers and employees.\u00a0 This dialogue has often left clues to why his business has seen such exponential growth over the years.\u00a0 Knowing the character of Jonathan, I feel confident that he leads an operation that is built on transparency and humanity.\u00a0 Following Jonathan, communicating and learning from him, I already know worker satisfaction is high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring And Employing &#8211; 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