Most small business owners are using social media to attract customers or sell products. An often overlooked social media use with huge potential is to use it as a recruiting tool. Competition for skilled people is fierce and small businesses are uniquely positioned to use social media to attract the best, most talented people to[…]
In a recent post, I talked about things to consider before hiring. Now, the tough work begins because the major factor that consistently separates top businesses from businesses that never quite take off is the people you hire — and how you hire them. I’m going to share three tips that will help you hire the right people[…]
Hiring employees can be a time-consuming and frustrating process for many small businesses. You can tame this big, hairy monster by using this list to research and plan a successful hiring process. Hiring the wrong people can be one of the most expensive things your business does; hiring the right people saves you time, money,[…]
I have always loved to read and because of that, I’ve gained invaluable knowledge and experience through the lives and stories of the characters in books. Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Harper Lee, passed away recently. Her book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is an American classic, and her passing caused me to reflect on the impact of[…]
Getting a fitness tracker for my birthday excited me. This tracker was going to change my health for the better. I knew I needed to be more conscious of my diet and exercise to prevent all those things that happen if we don’t take care of ourselves as we age. The same is[…]
Love is in the Air — Use the 4Cs to Find the Love in Your Hiring Process It’s Valentine’s Day and everyone is focused on love — either celebrating it or longing for it. As a small business owner, you probably feel this way every day: either you have the right people and celebrate their[…]
The major factor that consistently separates top businesses from businesses that never quite take off is the people you hire — and how you hire them. I’m going to reveal three tools that will help you hire the right people for your unique business needs. Let’s start with the hiring process. Hiring the right people for[…]
We are a few days into 2016 and most of us have already broken those New Year’s resolutions we made with such hope and resolve. Resolutions don’t work because change is hard. That’s why most of us never keep our resolutions. Our resolutions are vague, shallow, or focused on too many things. It’s what someone[…]
Healthy hiring requires focus. I recently read a health coach’s Facebook post about her early morning grocery shopping trip. She talked about the items in people’s shopping carts and their impact on healthy living — for example, breakfast cereal. That made me think about the health of our hiring practices. You’re probably thinking I’m crazy[…]
Grab your autographed copy now. BUY NOW! This entry in the Red Letter Publishing Professional Series is the work of sixteen authors including Rebecca Barnes-Hogg, all distinguished members of the Human Resources community. At the core of their work in this anthology is a simple question: how can we rethink Human Resources in ways that make[…]