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If you are lucky enough to have a business that has grown to the point where you want to
take on employees, there are a number of things you need to take into
consideration. Not only do
you have to find the perfect person for the job, but when you first start
hiring you have to find where to start looking, too. Advertising the vacancy on the internet, in the local or trade press or
through an agency might get you more responses, but often a referral from
someone that you know and trust will get better results.

Once you’ve
found applicants for a position, there’s the interview process to get through.
Preparation is key here: poor interview techniques can put off potentially great employees. Make
joining your business an appealing prospect for the candidate and you’ll be
less likely to be turned down by someone who’s perfect for the job.

 There are
also legal and financial aspects to take into account when taking on employees.
You need to decide upon things like rate of pay and holiday allowances. Andrea Ings of Water for Work and Home shares her experiences of the pitfalls of annual
leave here.

As Andrea
found it can be difficult to get everything right straight away, but with
enough preparation you can reduce what you get wrong to a minimum and hopefully
find some ideal employees.