Tips from November 18, 2009
The Small Business tips today discuss how to ensure you hire quality people.
- Take a good look at your
employees, and at yourself. Look at the skills, quality of work, and
value that each person brings to your business. Look for someone to
compliment your skills.
- During the interview,
note the habits of your candidates. Were they on time? Prepared? Well
groomed? Respectable? Actions speak louder than words.
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Keep your interviews structured. Ask the same questions in each, and
follow the same procedures. Go off on some tangents, but keep the
interview objective.
- Ask for references. Even if you don't
actually contact these people, it is a way to get a sense of the
applicant's relationships with others.
Daily Overview: Look at your candidate's resume,
as well as their character. A quality candidate is excellent in both
categories.
We post these small business tips to our employee's Twitter account each day, Monday through Friday. This is a reposting of those tips.
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