Get Your Time Back by Making the Right Hire at the Right Time

🎯 Episode Summary

If your business keeps demanding more of your time, better productivity may not be the answer. You may need to make the right hire.

Darren Tompkins explains how owners can recognize when it is time to hire, identify the role the business actually needs, avoid panic hiring, and build a company culture that supports both performance and a better quality of life.

Podcast: Profit With A Plan
Host: Marcia Riner, CEO of Infinite Profit®
Guest: Darren Tompkins, Founder and CEO of Vader-Rey Companies
Episode: 361
Release Date: September 22, 2026

🎥 What You’ll Learn

• How to recognize when your workload has reached its limit
• Which role your business should hire for first
• Why waiting until hiring becomes urgent creates expensive mistakes
• How company culture affects recruiting, performance, and retention
• Where AI helps recruiters identify stronger candidates faster
• What to outsource first when you need time back

⏱️ Timestamp Highlights

[00:00] Is the wrong workload stealing your time?

[02:48] How poor recruiting inspired Darren’s company

[06:06] The workload signal that says it is time to hire

[11:23] How to identify your first key hire

[14:13] Why companies lose qualified candidates

[25:13] Building a company people enjoy working for

[30:22] What overwhelmed owners should outsource first

[33:14] Hiring, retention, and organizational assessments

🔗 Resources & Links

Vader-Rey Recruiting and Consulting
https://vaderreyrecruiting.com

Darren Tompkins on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-tompkins-21b86814/

Infinite Profit®
https://infinite-profit.com

Profit Booster® Growth Map
https://profitbooster.biz

💼 About Marcia Riner & Profit With A Plan

Marcia Riner is a business growth strategist, creator of the Profit Booster® strategies, and CEO of Infinite Profit®. She helps entrepreneurs scale smarter, increase profitability, and build businesses that are worth more, whether they plan to keep them or sell them.

As host of Profit With A Plan, Marcia shares expert interviews and actionable strategies to help business owners increase revenue, improve systems, and prepare for high-value exits. With decades of experience in finance, operations, and marketing, she delivers clear, profit-driving insights you can use right away.

📞 Questions? Call (949) 229-2112 or visit https://infinite-profit.com

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