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Branching Out:  Staffing Issues to Consider When Opening a Second Location
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Posted by: SBOC Team, Apr 19, 2012

By Iris Dorbian. Imagine this scenario: After some early struggles, your small business is starting to make money.  Your customers are loyal and steady and you are at a point where you can easily pay your overhead and vendors (while taking a healthy salary for yourself). More so than ever, you are ready to open a second location. Such a proposition presents exciting opportunities for a growing business but it also offers considerable challenges. The biggest hurdle—aside from finding a...
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Tell Me About Yourself
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Posted by: SBOCTeam-KhWmv, Feb 19, 2009

Great interview questions that get to the heart of a job candidate's capabilities By Reed Richardson Be prepared You would never run right from a conference call into a job interview if you were trying to get hired, so you shouldn't engage in the same, careless behavior if you're going to be the one doing the hiring. Instead, spend at least 15 to 30 minutes before an interview going over a job candidate's resume so you can prepare some intelligent questions specific to their background and...
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How Many Current Employees are in Your Departure Lounge?
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Posted by: SBOCTeam-KhWmv, Jan 29, 2009

By HRExpert Nobody likes to talk about it, even though it is happening in workplaces all across America - employees who have decided it is time to fly the coop. Departure lounges are overflowing with these types of employees - all waiting for their final boarding call. Employees rarely start a job thinking they will tour around the company for a while and then seek greener pastures, and yet it happens all the time. Here are five things you can do to prevent employees from taking flight:...
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Campus Candidates
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Posted by: SBOCTeam-KhWmv, Jan 20, 2009

Hiring recent college grads makes great business sense. Plus, given the chance, they could even teach you a thing or two By Max Berry Despite what some recent figures from America's job market would have you believe, companies of all sizes are hiring new college graduates at a higher rate than in years past. A recent survey conducted by CollegeGrad.com found that 60% of American companies surveyed plan to recruit more grads in 2008 than they did last year. The reasons for the upswing are...
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Be Sure Whom You Hire
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Posted by: SBOCTeam-KhWmv, Aug 24, 2007

Big Business has long relied on personality tests and behavioral interviewing to find the right employees. Now small businesses are making use of these administrative power tools. By Reed Richardson Here's the unhappy truth: There is no surefire way to hire a perfect employee. No matter how thorough you are ... no matter how many references you check ... no matter which personality tests you administer, you still never know precisely what you're getting until the person waltzes into the office...
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