The Real Cost of Hiring in Private Practice with Jamie Perez

If you’ve ever looked at your full caseload and thought, I should hire someone, this episode is going to give you a much more honest picture of what that actually means. Jamie Perez, speech therapist and owner of Thriving Joy Therapy, spent nearly a year trying to hire her first clinician, and what she learned in that process changed how she runs her entire business.Jamie specializes in infant feeding and medically complex cases and built a practice that quickly outgrew her capacity. In this conversation, she gets candid about the real cost of bringing on a team member, why her passive income plans stalled, and how she finally found her footing by getting clear on what season her business was actually in.What we cover in this episode:Why hiring took six to eight months, and what Jamie would do differently now, including how she thought about caseload shifts and projecting income before day oneThe actual costs of bringing on a new hire, from training and uniforms to website updates, that most people forget to factor inWhat stalled her passive income plans, and the timing lesson she took away from itHow she protects Fridays as a business day, what four blocks she runs her week around, and how she delegates to a grad student to get her time backYou can find Jamie at www.thrivingjoy.com and on Instagram at @thrivingjoy therapy.If you’ve been sitting on a hiring decision or wondering whether the timing is right, this one is worth a listen.Connect with our guest, JamieWebsite: https://www.thrivingjoy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thrivingjoytherapy/ Courses and workshops: Feeding Therapy, Lactation Counseling, & Speech TherapyConnect with HannahWebsite: www.cuedcreative.comInstagram: https://instagram.com/cuedcreativeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CuedCreativeDownload the free guide to Step Into Your CEO Era: https://www.cuedcreative.com/ceoSign up for our next workshop: https://www.cuedcreative.com/join-us For the full show notes and links, visit: https://www.cuedcreative.com/podcastSubscribe and ReviewRate, Review, & Follow on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. I would be thrilled if you could rate and review my podcast! Don’t forget to share what you loved most about the episode.Also, make sure to follow the podcast!