If you want your business to be successful, you’ve got to hire the right people to help get you there. Sadly, many businesses soon discover that their hiring process isn’t all that it should be. When this happens, your company can end up wasting a huge amount of time and money on the hiring and onboarding processes just to have to redo those processes a few months later when they realize they’ve hired the wrong person.

So to help ensure your company doesn’t have to go through this dilemma multiple times a year, here are three tips for making the right hire the first time around.…

Perfect employees simply don’t exist. But seasoned managers and executives are nevertheless pretty good at predicting which new hires are destined for the corner office and which are likelier to leave after a few years of workmanlike service.

You clearly want more of the former in your organization. Here’s how to identify the rising stars in your organization — and, fingers crossed, in the hiring queue.

1. Effective Communication

Effective communication is among the most important soft skills for upwardly mobile employees. It makes just about everything easier, from keeping on top of complex projects to training up junior members of the team.…

As a business owner, you probably already know you’re in a race to attract the best talent. Large, multinational corporations can deploy enormous resources to keep highly-educated professionals working for them, while startups can sell big dreams and lucrative options plans to get people to stay on board. That might leave small and medium sized businesses pressured to find and retain the right talent.

Employees consider perks and benefits a key part of their career. Getting rates on insurance, and offering dental care is simply scratching the surface. To attract the right professionals you need to offer something special. Of course, that doesn’t mean you should try to replicate Silicon Valley-style indoor slides and in-house chefs.…

So, you started your own small business and now you feel like you can’t do everything on your own. Maybe you just want to find someone to help when you have overflow or many you want to have a steady assistant. No matter what kind of help you need for your small business there are some things you need to keep in mind.

There is a difference between an actual employee and a contract worker, and you need to know the differences of employing them. This will help you find the right help for your business, and maybe save money while you’re at it.…

Hiring quality employees is one of the most important parts of running a successful business. You have to have workers you can rely on to get the job done so you can spend your time doing work on the company rather than for the company. However, it can be difficult to know how and where you can find the best employees to work for you.

To help busy business owners who need outstanding employees but don’t have months to go through the hiring process, here are three tips for how to market your business to get the best employees quickly.

Have Your Website on Ready Alert

When you have an available position within your company, you’ll likely only get resumes and applications from people who are currently on the job hunt.…