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Finding the right employee
Ross WIlliams, founder of software company Global Personals, gives advice on interviewing for the right person.
A guide to interviews
If you’ve never conducted an interview before, it can be a daunting task. Smallbusiness.co.uk reveals how to get the most out of an interview and stay within the law.
Starting to employ people
When starting your business, you may well only be working with a small number of other people. If your business is a success and you want to expand, you may well look to take on employees. Even if you’ve been running a business for a while, now might be the time you’re looking at taking someone on.
Checklist: what should be in a job advert?
When you have a clear idea of what job you need doing and what sort of person you would like to fill the job, it’s time to advertise the post.
The benefits of a virtual workforce
If things start to get on top of you while running a successful small business, it may become necessary to enlist further help. Yet employing additional, permanent staff brings with it extra headaches. SmallBusiness.co.uk spoke to Xenios Thrasyvoulou, founder and chief executive of online skills marketplace Peopleperhour.com about the benefits of using a virtual workforce.
Guide to interviewing
While candidates have to be well prepared, you, as the interviewer, must also take steps to ready yourself for the interview process.
How to conduct staff appraisals
The key to staff appraisal meetings is that there should be no surprises. For instance, if an employee tells a manager that the six months since the last review have gone really badly, it should not be the first they’ve heard of it. This is because staff appraisals must not exist in isolation, but should be part of an ongoing process in which both management and staff have a responsibility.
Recruiting staff online
Recruitment websites are rapidly growing in popularity and can be a very cost-effective way for small businesses to reach thousands of potential candidates in a short space of time. Sean Mahon, Marketing Director, from fish4 explains how.
