Bella In Your Business: Pet Sitting and Dog Walking Podcast

Episode 431: Attracting Great Employees for Your Pet Sitting/Dog Walking Business
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Struggling to find good help? Feeling like your team’s falling apart faster than you can hold it together?
You’re not alone—and no, it’s not just because “no one wants to work anymore.”
Let’s cut the fluff: The job market isn’t broken. Your systems are.
If you’ve been panic hiring, training people on the fly, and praying they don’t ghost you two weeks in… that’s not a hiring problem. That’s a business-building problem.
This episode is a wake-up call for every pet business owner who’s ever said:
“I can’t find good people.”
“I hired three and they all disappeared.”
“Why does it feel like I’m always starting from scratch?”
Because what’s actually going on? Your hiring process is random, reactive, and frankly... exhausting.
But here’s the good news: You can fix it—and I’m going to show you how.
In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly why your hiring process keeps failing you—and the real, practical steps you can take to build a team that’s reliable, loyal, and actually loves working for your business.
I’m dropping truth bombs.I’m calling out the mistakes most business owners don’t even realize they’re making.And I’m giving you a 30-day plan to turn the whole thing around.
So if you’re tired of spinning your wheels, losing sleep over staff issues, and constantly feeling like your business is one resignation away from disaster…
In This Episode, You’ll Discover…
Why “no one wants to work” is a dangerous myth
The real reason your job posts aren’t attracting quality applicants
How panic hiring is killing your business
The secret to building a system that attracts, hires, and keeps rockstar employees
A 4-week plan to overhaul your hiring process in just 30 days
Timestamp Highlights:
[00:57] – The hiring truth bomb most business owners don’t want to hear[03:36] – What good employees actually want (and why you’re not giving it to them)[08:11] – The trap of panic hiring and how to avoid it[10:20] – What a hiring funnel actually looks like (and why you need one ASAP)[16:35] – The 30-day challenge that will change everything
Notable Quote:
“You don’t attract great employees by chance. You attract them by design.”
Resources Mentioned:
Jump Consulting Mastermind
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Transcript
00:04
welcome back to another episode of Bella in Your Business my name is Bella Vasta and today um we're going to get right on into it but before we do I want to encourage you uh to please like or subscribe wherever it is that you listen to this um this podcast uh we just recently started putting them all up on YouTube so if you like to to watch you can actually watch these episodes on YouTube or you could still listen on whatever your favorite podcast uh episode listener is look I talk to businesses all day like every single day and I can't tell
00:42
you how many times over the past 20 years I have heard "Bella I can't find good people." Or "No one wants to work the job market's terrible i hired three people and they ghosted me after training here's the thing i'm about to drop some truth bombs today that might be a little uncomfortable but they could also completely transform your business so are you willing to get a little uncomfortable to maybe change the face of your business i'm not kidding cuz today that's exactly what I'm going to
01:14
show you so let's start off with the real problem let's cut through the fluff because you know I'm a non no nononsense person you're not struggling to find good people because no one wants to work anymore it's just not the truth good employees exist they're out there right now working for businesses that have their act together the real reason you're struggling is because your hiring process is most likely random reactive and if I'm being completely honest it's exhausting
01:47
it like it's like I'm going to date myself right now but you know...