- Offer an appropriate package for the people you want to hire
- Put effort in to finding people who are right for the positions you need
- Be honest about why you are hiring them and what you expect for the company
If you offer the right people the right package to do well-defined work that helps your company achieve its goals, you will be taken far more seriously.
Offer an appropriate package
20 or not, if you are offering a good package for the work you are hiring for, the job offer itself will be taken more seriously. Regardless of what people may think about your age, if you are able to pay salaries for qualified employees that speaks volumes.
Find the right people
At the same time, I assume your resources are not limitless. When a company is small (even if it is growing fast), each employee represents a bigger portion of the company. You should look for people who have the right skills rather than settling for someone who will do in a pinch. If you know what you need, and are able to communicate that in recruiting the candidates you want, you will be taken far more seriously.
Be honest
At the end of the day you are 20, and while you are accomplishing plenty of awesome things, you are also lacking knowledge in certain areas which is why you're hiring.
Tell the candidates that.
By being specific about what you expect from them, and what you expect for the company moving forward, people are far more likely to take you, your company, and your offer more seriously.
These are all great things to go over in interviews. Maybe some people aren't comfortable with that. Maybe some do have issues working for a 20 year-old. And that's fine -- those candidates probably aren't for you. If you are offering a good package then there will be more candidates willing to take the job if the one in front of you isn't.
