How to Turn Down a Candidate Without Burning the Relationship
How to reject candidates quickly and decently, what to say, how much feedback to give, and the legal caution worth knowing.
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How to Make an Offer and Handle the Negotiation
How to construct an offer that gets accepted, what to do when they counter, and how to keep goodwill whatever the answer.
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How to Hire a Contractor or Freelancer Well
When contracting beats hiring, how to scope the work so it succeeds, and the practical and legal points small companies get wrong.
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How to Write a Job Description That Attracts the Right People
How to write a job post that filters for fit rather than volume, what to cut, and the requirements that quietly exclude good candidates.
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How to Run a Structured Interview Process
A four-stage interview process for small companies, the questions that predict performance, and why unstructured interviews mostly measure likeability.
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How to Check References Properly
How to get useful information from a reference call, the questions that work, and what to do when the answers are guarded.
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Hiring Your First Five Employees: What to Look For
What actually matters in the first five hires, the roles worth filling first, and the mistakes that are expensive at this size.
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