when the potential employee will be handling other people's money.

References should be from professional sources, not necessarily family members or close friends. These may be the people who know them best, but can you trust them to be unbiased?

Drugs and the workplace don't mix. Drugs impair a person's ability to think and can hurt the company. It puts the safety of the person on drugs and everyone else at risk. Drug screening is important in the modern day workplace. It is an inexpensive way of streamlining your business.

Resumes give an overall perspective not just of work and education history, but also insight into the personality of the individual.

Interviews are often the most important part of the hiring process. Are they alert? Are they showing motivation? Do they take care of themselves? One technique that is not used very often is to work with the potential employee for an hour or so for minimum wage. Go through some of the tasks to see if the job is a good fit. This is one way of getting feedback in regards to if it's a job they're going to enjoy. The hiring and training process can cost a lot of money. Often people don't know what they'll be doing all day every day.

It is expensive to hire a new recruit and train them so make sure that the screening is done properly. Small business owners know exactly how and what the services are that you want provided by your associates. Using some of these suggestions may help you through that process.

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David Gass is President of Business Credit Services, Inc. His company publishes a free weekly e-newsletter on Small Business Consulting at their web site www.smallbusinessconsulting.com.


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