Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!)

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners.

• Temp agencies are useful – look at them as being a trial period for potential employees.
  
• Offer internships / work experience to local students or hire them on a part-time basis.
• Consider hiring migrants – they are often some of the hardest workers (but pay them fairly!)
• Keep an eye out for talented women who have left their career behind to raise children.
• Hiring relatives of your best employees often works out well and can save substantially on recruitment costs.

If you have additional tips, please share them in the comments section.

9 Responses to “ Top 5 Tips for Finding Great Employees (cheaply!) ”

1. Maren Kate
   
   Said on February 8th, 2010 at 7:49 am

   Like your site Helpful!

   Cheers!

2. David
   
   Said on February 8th, 2010 at 9:14 pm

   In Australia, companies definitely prefer to hire people they know and a lot of have financial incentives in place where if employees refer another employee, they get a bonus.

3. Liz
   
   Said on February 8th, 2010 at 11:10 pm

   I’ve hired students from my local college with pretty good success

4. Richard French
   
   Said on February 11th, 2010 at 5:47 am

   Thanks for sharing this valuable information !

5. Richard French
   
   Said on February 11th, 2010 at 5:49 am

   Thanks for sharing this valuable information !

   I would love to follow your blog.

6. James
   
   Said on February 12th, 2010 at 12:33 pm

   i love this blog,alot of information and tips,thanks for it.

7. Rai
   
   Said on February 13th, 2010 at 2:42 pm

   Yes all the tips are effective and helpful to save time and money too.

8. Jay
   
   Said on February 20th, 2010 at 8:33 am

   thanks for sharing a informative tips.i love this blog,i would like to follow this blog,informative and helpful.Thanks for it.

9. Victor
   
   Said on February 24th, 2010 at 7:10 am

   The only issue I have with students is that during certain times of the school year they are too busy or unavailable (exams, holidays, breaks), but definitely worth it.

   Another segment worth considering are retirees for part time jobs and tasks they are capable of handling.

Leave a Reply

I would love to hear from you, please let me know what your take on my blog post is. In order to stop spam on my blog and increase conversations, I had to implement some simple rules:

1. Please enter your real name, not your company, product or service's name.
2. If you enter your URL, your name will become a link to the URL.
3. We may send you a confirmation email to check you are a real person

We are sorry but any violation of the above rules will mean an automatic removal of your comment.