Week 4 Part 2

On Wednesday my dad and I went to a business luncheon. There were probably about 50 people at the luncheon and I was definitely the youngest person there. It was at East Central College and it had 8 panelists from 4 different companies. Each company had a CEO and a head of HR on the panel. The themes of the luncheon were discussing how to keep employees happy as well as how to hire the right people for your work. A lot of the people on the panel discussed how they had to take initiative to set the tone with their employees because it starts with them. My dad and I did a lot of networking at the event and I was introduced to many unfamiliar faces. My dad made it a point to introduce himself to a certain person and set up a meeting with him. My dad is trying to set up his new referral program. This new referral program my dad is trying to set up is where pretty much anyone can refer him to a client. If he gets the client that person gets paid a commission based on that. This only works if my dad and his company actually and the client. So the thought process behind it is that it could take 10 minutes for someone to introduce STR to a client. If STR lands the client, there is a fairly decent commission for the referrer. If STR doesn’t land the client then the person who referred them gets nothing. So it’s not very much work for a potentially high payout.