{"id":2404,"date":"2020-01-24T12:04:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2020-01-24T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:04:57","slug":"how-to-hire-great-employees-for-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/how-to-hire-great-employees-for-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Hire Great Employees for Your Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Charles Jones<\/p>\n<p>As a small business, the people you hire can have a huge impact on the success of your company. In a large business, it\u2019s easy for people to fly under the radar and be unproductive. A large team means other people may pick up the slack and the bad employee\u2019s actions might go unnoticed for a long period of time \u2013 potentially, forever! That\u2019s not the case with a small business. <\/p>\n<p>Each person you hire must pull their weight to make your company successful. Smaller businesses are likely working with tighter budgets so they have to be exceedingly careful with their new hires. Below, we\u2019ve assembled our guide to help you pick the right people for your company.<\/p>\n<p>Write a clear job description<\/p>\n<p>A well-written job description is essential because it provides candidates with a way to understand the basic responsibilities, necessary qualifications, licenses, education, certification, and reporting relationships associated with the role.<\/p>\n<p>Read More &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/thyblackman.com\/2020\/01\/21\/how-to-hire-great-employees-for-your-small-business\/\">http:\/\/thyblackman.com\/2020\/01\/21\/how-to-hire-great-employees-for-your-small-business\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Charles Jones As a small business, the people you hire can have a huge impact on the success of your company. In a large business, it\u2019s easy for people to fly under the radar and be unproductive. A large team means other people may pick up the slack and the bad employee\u2019s actions might [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[476],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-2404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recruitment","tag-small-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/hiring.png?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-CM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3451,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/effective-strategies-to-hire-talent-for-your-service-based-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":2404,"position":0},"title":"Effective Strategies to Hire Talent for Your Service-Based Business","author":"admin","date":"March 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Effective Strategies to Hire Talent for Your Service-Based Business","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Effective Strategies to Hire Talent for Your Service-Based Business","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Effective-Strategies-to-Hire-Talent-for-Your-Service-Based-Business.jpg?fit=996%2C664&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Effective-Strategies-to-Hire-Talent-for-Your-Service-Based-Business.jpg?fit=996%2C664&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Effective-Strategies-to-Hire-Talent-for-Your-Service-Based-Business.jpg?fit=996%2C664&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Effective-Strategies-to-Hire-Talent-for-Your-Service-Based-Business.jpg?fit=996%2C664&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2493,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/3-tips-to-hire-smarter-hint-dont-skip-the-cover-letter\/","url_meta":{"origin":2404,"position":1},"title":"3 Tips to Hire Smarter. 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