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FINDING, HIRING & TRAINING
NEW EMPLOYEES
This is another difficult task for many new
small businesses. It is also one of the most important. It has
been said by many that “People are a Company’s Greatest Resource.”
It is a fact.
Finding and hiring the right people, a process that is complicated
by existing employment laws, is key to small business success.
Approaches to finding a good new employee include:
- a candidate with whom you are
personally familiar
- a candidate who is known well
to a valued business friend whom you trust
- paying the “price” by using a
search consultant
- hiring a temp who you have
come to know well
- advertising.
All of these approaches are discussed in our
workshop “People
Management”, as is the design and use of employment
application forms.
Training new employees is frequently overlooked by many companies,
small and large. Equally overlooked is effective performance
evaluation and compensation practices. These issues are also
discussed in our workshop.
If you are hiring an employee for the first time, we strongly
encourage you to
request counseling from a
SCORE Management Counselor who will be able to help you avoid
employment errors and find the right people!
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