Home Invites Members Groups Events Careers Videos News Photos Blogs Polls Singles Forums Chat
Home > Blogs > Post Content

6 ways small businesses can reduce risk when it comes to hiring new employees (3167 hits)


Protect your business by doing your due diligence.

By Catherine Conlan, Monster Contributing Writer

Hiring always carries some risk, but a bad hire at a small business can be devastating. Here are six ways small businesses can reduce risk when hiring new employees.
Use referrals

Your current employees can serve as a screen to bring in candidates they think might be a good fit, says Bob Leahy, the executive in residence at Bentley University’s career services. “A paid employee referral program dramatically reduces new hire risk,” he says. “Existing employees are only going to refer someone they believe will be successful. The employee is not going to risk their reputation at work.”
Interview rigorously

It can be easy to have just the owner or CEO interview candidates at a small business, but that can be a mistake. “Having a number of disparate employees interview the candidate can go a long way to reduce the bad hire risk,” Leahy says. He recommends three or four employees from outside the hiring department should be involved as well to provide a 360-degree view of the candidate.

Continue Reading: http://www.monster.com/blog/b/6-ways-reduc...
Posted By: Cheer Leader
Friday, November 21st 2014 at 5:21PM
You can also click here to view all posts by this author...

Report obscenity | post comment
Share |
Please Login To Post Comments...
Email:
Password:

 
More From This Author
DING DONG DING DONG: HOW MANY HBCUs WERE MENTIONED IN TODAYs “BOOKS & BABES”UPDATEs
Feliz Dia de Abuelos
Doing Business in The Bahamas: The Bahamas as a Nearshore Business, Operations & Investment Destination
Cheesy watercress stars
(2000) Jim Carrey: "The Grinch" Uncut Interview
CBS Mailbag: Dave's Extreme Eggnog Tradition | Letterman
CBS Mailbag: Dave's Extreme Eggnog Tradition | Letterman
Movie Trailer: Great American Family’s ’12 Games of Christmas’
Forward This Blog Entry!
Blogs Home

(Advertise Here)
Who's Online
>> more | invite 
Latest Photos
>> more | add
Most Popular Bloggers
agnes levine has logged 69087 blog subscribers!
cheer leader has logged 51843 blog subscribers!
tanisha grant has logged 27506 blog subscribers!
rickey johnson has logged 6997 blog subscribers!
robert walker has logged 826 blog subscribers!
>> more | add