Rhonda Abrams

Hire Your First Employee


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regular employees

      

Existing businesses with employees but needing to set up better systems to handle the paperwork, develop personnel policies, improve your management skills

      Hire Your First Employee: The entrepreneur’s guide to finding, choosing, and leading great people provides you with all the fundamental information you need to make informed, better choices about issues such as:

      

how much to pay and how much you can afford

      

what jobs to hire for first

      

what benefits and policies to adopt

      

health, dental and vision insurance, retirement plans, and more

      

whether to hire employees or contractors, fulltime or part-time

      

how to stay well within the law

      

what taxes and paperwork you’re responsible for

      

how to easily handle payroll

      

how to find the best job candidates

      

what questions to ask—and not to ask—in interviews

      

how to become a better leader and manager

      

how to get the most from your employees

      Hire Your First Employee: The entrepreneur’s guide to finding, choosing, and leading great people doesn’t just give you information, it also gives you advice. This guide shows you what other small businesses do and what you can do, must do, and most do.

      As you go through this guide, you’ll find dozens of Worksheets, so by the time you go through this book, you’ll have your own set of plans, procedures and policies.

      If you have employees and own a small business, this book is for you!

       Contents

Section One: Making the Decision to Hire
CHAPTER 1 The Time is Right to Hire!
Benefits of Hiring Employees
Bad Economy, Good Time for Hiring
Envisioning the Growth of Your Business
The Ultimate Social Responsibility
worksheet: Goals for Growing My Business
CHAPTER 2 Scope Out Your Specific Needs
What Role for Your New Hire?
worksheet: Business Tasks
Help Wanted, But How Much?
worksheet: Employee Tasks
worksheet: Who Do I Need on My Team?
How Much Can You Afford?
worksheet: How Much Can I Afford?
success story: Successful Cheese Maker Hires for Skill Sets She Lacks
Logistics
worksheet: Logistics
Section Two: The Nitty Gritty—Employee Status, Labor Laws, Payroll and Taxes
CHAPTER 3 Understanding Employee Status
Determining Your Worker’s Status
success story: Hanna Design Limited