8/30/2005

Small Business Hiring Tips

From this post from The Entrepreneurial Mind comes the following tips for hiring in a competitive labor market:

"1. Keep Staffing Forecasts Current...
2. Base Staffing Plans on Milestones, not on Time. Never tie your staffing plans to the calendar...
3. Measure Your Employment Triggers...
4. Never Just Hire Warm Bodies. Hiring someone just for the sake of hiring rarely works...
5. Keep Current on Wages and Salaries...
6. Don't Forget to "Close the Back Door". The single best staffing tool you have is retaining the good employees you have right now..."