The Written Warning, What and How to Make One

Besides firing someone, the one thing managers and bosses hate is having to write up an employee for breaking a handbook rule or company policy. Here are things that you can have as a part of your written warning form. First of course would be the full name of the employee receiving the warning. Some…

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To Hire Should You Do Background, Credit Check and Drug Test?

Most small business employers do not see the need to spend money on a background, credit check, or drug screening if they have already done the other three steps we have already been over. But this could be a costly mistake not to. Small claims lawsuits were on the rise in the last 10 years…

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What Goes in An Employee Handbook

Well, practically everything including the kitchen sink! Your employee handbook should include everything and anything you want your employees to know, and understand, including rules to follow, flow charts, and lists, down to what will happen if the rules are not followed. This goes well beyond just the hiring information or application we have discussed…

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How to Conduct a Hiring Interview

The interview is the one place most employers fail at the most. No matter how many times you can be told what not to ask or talk about, chances are at some point you will slip up and say or ask something you should not have. Well everyone is human but let us go over…

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What to Include on a Job Application

Well, the first is obvious, the name of your company and that this is an application you can add an address and phone number if you would like or if there is more than one location of your business.  Image taken from Poole Anderson Construction, online application Instructions to the applicant such as to fill…

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Hiring Procedures for New Employees

Things you need to understand and think about when looking for a new employee. Most of you never went to college to take classes on hiring, so unless you have earned a degree in Human Resources, everyone needs help in this area. Most of what I know I learned myself while running my own business,…

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4 Steps to Hiring Employees

I have seen this issue coming up a lot lately and I even started working on this series last year but never finished it. So, I think now is a good time to get it done and posted. The number one expense per job in a service business is your labor costs. So you need…

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