No matter what you do, good help is hard to find. Keeping it is even harder. Someone is always willing to do what they must to take them away. If you can ever find them however, keep them happy and they will stay. How do you do that? It can be difficult, and there is a fine line to balance, but …
Hiring and Firing Articles and Interviews (tag)
How to Fire an Employee – The Right Way
Firing an employee is probably one of the most difficult things that an employer has to do. You tell yourself that it is just business, but you also have a heart and don’t want to be the cause of someone else’s struggles – even if it is their own actions that created the situation in the first …
A Small Business Dilemma Regarding Employee Selection
You are the owner/operator or maybe even the manager of a small-business and you need to hire a new employee for an entry-level position in your company. After interviews and careful consideration, you’ve narrowed your choices down to two candidates. Candidate A has the technical skill and …
Golden Care in San Diego: Passion and Planning Build a Thriving Business
Advice for creating a mission-driven business from Golden Care Owner Porsha Vogt. For Porsha Vogt, founder and owner of Golden Care, a senior in-home care agency, starting a business was personal. She was motivated to start a senior care business because of experiences in her own family, and …
Decoding the Designer-Client Relationship
A Designer’s Perspective from Modmacro Creative Director Jerry Lund. Hiring communications, marketing, web and design professionals is an important part of a small business owner’s responsibilities. In order to make the right choices when connecting with a service provider like a graphic …
How to Conduct an Interview that Almost Ensures You Hire Model Employees
The interview process can be just as daunting on the interviewer as it is on the interviewee. After all, the success of your business is in the hands of each and every one of your employees, making it extra stressful when you only have a few minutes to try to determine which person will take your …
