Need a Hand?
Sure, employees would be nice. But what kind and what for?
By Nichole L. Torres •
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You're terribly busy. You're mailing the wrong stuff tothe wrong people, and you can't remember where you put yourcontract proposals. To say you need help is an understatement; butbefore you hire your first employee, make sure you have the basicsdown.
"Don't start hiring too soon," says Leonard Homer,an adjunct professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at theUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and founder ofsmall-business operational-support company Essential BusinessSolutions. "Don't do any hiring until you sit down andfigure out your milestones and your staffing plan."
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