Hiring an Employee

1. Finding Good Employees
2. How to Publicize a Job Opening
3. Recruiting Strategies Pay Off
4. Recruiting Services
5. Checklist: Looking for Candidates
6. Tips: Looking for Candidates

Narrowing In on a Hire

7. Interviewing Prospective Employees of Your Small Business
8. Questions to Consider Asking Prospective Employees
9. Nine Tips on Checking References
10. Reference Check Letter
11. Employment Screenings
12. How Is a Background Check Different from Checking References?
13. Background Check Permission (Comprehensive) for Prospective Employee
14. Checklist: Narrowing In on a Hire
15. Tips: Narrowing In on a Hire

Hiring an Employee

16. Closing the Deal: How to Get Prospective Employees to Sign On
17. Offer Letters — Preserving At-Will Employment Status
18. Employee Handbook and At Will Employee Status Acknowledgement
19. Employment Agreement (Pro-Employer)
20. Employee Paperwork for Small Businesses
21. Offer Letter to Prospective Employee
22. Education and Training
23. Checklist: Making a Choice
24. Tips: Making a Choice