Tuesday 17 July

If you have no experience in the HR area, the hiring process can be a fraught one. The wrong recruit can provide you with far more work than if you hadn’t taken on an extra pair of hands in the first place.

 

However, as we outline today, it’s possible to break down the recruitment process into four broad steps – from identifying your workforce needs to the hiring decision itself – and avoid feeling overwhelmed.

Today, web entrepreneur Fred Schebesta runs through his tried-and-tested hiring model to show how rookie business leaders should tackle this key area.

Elsewhere, we pick out 10 of the best start-up competitions from around the world and retail guru Debra Templar looks at whether the department store model is in terminal decline.

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