It’s a common problem in a small business: You’re doing fairly well, but you believe that things in sales, marketing, operations (choose one) could be going better. You’re pondering the situation one day when you hear about a rock star from one of your industry’s leading companies who might be willing to join your team. […]
Almost 30 percent of the small business owners surveyed in the last NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Report said they had at least one job opening they hadn’t been able to fill. That was one of the highest numbers reported in the last 40 years. If you count yourself among those looking to hire, you […]
If you said TMI a generation ago, everyone would have known you were talking about Three Mile Island. Use the same acronym today and everyone knows you’re referring to “too much information” – and too much information is what small business owners can get when they turn to social media in the hiring process. There […]
Unlike their large, corporate competitors, small businesses often don’t have resources to dedicate to the high-powered branding campaigns that make them top-of-mind for many talented job seekers. That means small business owners need to learn how to work with what they’ve got to create a great employer brand. And because smaller businesses typically lack the flashy employee […]