Smart Staffing

Book excerpt: SMART STAFFING: How To Hire, Reward and Keep Top Employees To Grow Your Business Good employees are the lifeblood of any business. The right people can help you take your business to the top; the wrong people can break you. Smart Staffing: How to Hire, Reward, and Keep Top Employees to Grow Your Company will help you in your search for hard-working, committed people who share your vision and business values. From writing a compelling want ad to rewarding and keeping good employees, Smart Staffing covers every step of finding, hiring, and retaining the right people. You'll learn about the pros and cons of employment agencies, using the Internet to sell yourself and your company, how to spot application "red flags," and more. Written by a professional who has taught hiring skills to thousands of entrepreneurs, Smart Staffing helps you identify, attract, hire, and keep the very best employees. Here are a few of his valuable insights. Decide what-and who-you want before creating a want ad. Find the most efficient and effective ways to connect with qualified employees. Create a step-by-step interviewing process, from logistics to the crucial interaction that takes place between you and your candidate. Know as much as possible about your employees' morale and take steps to keep them high. Learn from your hiring mistakes. Used as text for professional development courses for human resource professional at schools, such as UCLA, Oregon State, and LSU. It includes important sample interviews and reference questions, a lot of resources, case studies, and action strategies. Smart Staffing is an indispensable, hands-on tool for every entrepreneur or manager who needs to make a successful hire. YOUR PORTABLE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT