The following articles provide step-by-step advice to help small businesses develop an effective recruiting strategy:

• Setting a Hiring Strategy
  • Managing Your Employees: What is Your Role?
  • The Costs of a Bad Hire
  • Buildling a Flexible Staffing Strategy
• Resourceful Recruiting
  • Getting the Recruitment Process Started
  • Job Descriptions: It's All in the Details
  • Elements of an Effective Job Description
  • Working With a Staffing Firm
  • Specialized Staffing Firms
  • Using the Internet for Recruiting
  • Six Common Mistakes Small Businesses Make When Incorporating Social Media Into Their Recruiting Efforts
  • Job Applications: Are They Obsolete?
  • Recruiting From Within
  • Developing an Employee Skills Inventory
  • Employee Referrals
  • Using 'Small' as an Advantage When Recruiting
• The Candidate Screening Process
  • Setting Up a System for Screening Candidates
  • Five Red Flags to Look for on Resumes
  • Phone Screening: Narrowing Your List Further
• Getting the Most Out of Interviewing
  • Preparing for the Interview
  • Various Types of Interview Questions
  • Five Job Interview Questions to Ask
  • Finding the Good in Bad Interviewees
  • Overcoming Job Interview Pitfalls
  • Panel Interviews
  • End Game: Closing the Interview on the Right Note
• The Home Stretch: Making the Final Decision
  • Tips for Deciding Which Candidate is the Best
  • Checking Hard-to-Check References
  • Making Job Offers They Can't Refuse
  • Knowing How to Negotiate Salary