Where Exactly to Hire Someone
Hiring an employee for your small business is crucial for your success. The first step to finding an employee is understanding your options. There are temp and employment agencies that can provide you with the most experienced personnel. While these agencies do all the work for you, you pay for the service. Another option is through advertisements. Advertising your need for fulfilling the position can be done through any media outlet, from newspaper to the Internet. In order to put an advertisement through the media, some charge for the advertising space, and others may post ads for free. Depending on the specific position in need of being fulfilled, some options may be more suitable than others. For example, Internet advertising are typically suited for telecommuting, or "work at home" positions. However, it is best to use as many possible resources in order to ensure the success in finding the right candidate. As for your advertisements, you must put the position needed to be fulfilled, the wage you will pay, your business name, your contact information, and state any requirements that you are looking for with your potential employee.
Contacting Prospects and Narrowing Your Selection
Once you have received a sufficient amount of responses, contact and review the potential candidates. You will have to read and assess the resumes, portfolios and references. During this process, you want to use your best judgement in that this person has the knowledge, experience and qualities that will make your business successful and profitable. Once you have assessed the prospects, narrow the list down to at least 1/4 of all the potential employees. So, if you received 20 responses, narrow it down to five.
Making the Final Selection
From the narrowed list, interview the selected candidates. You can do an interview through the phone or in person. However, it is highly recommended to do an in-person interview. These allow you to not only see the person face-to-face, but actually get to see the person's facial expressions and overall personality. After interviewing everyone, decide on which person exemplifies the qualities that your business has.
As you have chosen your new employee, create a contract for him or her to agree to and sign. The contract will state the position the employee is fulfilling, wage, basic terms and agreements, and length of the contract. It is highly recommended to hire a lawyer to help you write out the contract, so that you are safe from any liability charges that the employee could make against you.
