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DON'T TRY THIS ALONE HR issues can be thorny. So stop by CyberSchmooz to eavesdrop on what others have encountered and get fresh thinking on what you're confronting. Savor some of the hot HR talks today. PEOPLE! HR (Human Resources) is about the people your biz needs to help get the job done. No matter how small your biz, you'll probably need help -- at least sometimes, on some things. Employees? Independent contractors? What's the difference? Well, better find out. When you get help, you also get headaches: with laws, scheduling, the whine of the day, and on and on. Diplomacy in action will be required, so be prepared. TOOLS TO USE Letters to Respond to Applicants Three sample letters you can use. Time Sheet Form to print and use HR IDEAS Check out Idea Cafe's Biz Web Guide for more resources. For help understanding employment law. U.S. Department of Labor's Small Business Handbook Help on healthcare. Employer Quality Partnership Help with job descriptions. Job Descriptions.com More help with employees. Peoplesense.com MORE HR IDEAS: Q & A with Idea Cafe Experts Can a Boss Motivate & Be a Friend? Terri Levine, author of Work Yourself Happy, thinks it's very possible, but there are few truths every biz owner should know. Employee Advice Lillyvette Montalvo serves up strategies for managing hard-headed employees not ready to change with the times. Get hip on what to do! Need to Hire or Fire an Employee? Deciding employee fates can be tricky business. Get sage advice for making a change and keeping your peace of mind to boot. Hiring Help Stay out of hot water when interviewing! Read legal biz expert, Jeff Pollack's list of no-no's. Can you read your employees' email? Jeff Pollack, spills the beans on employee privacy rights. Let customer service expert, Donna Hall, Help your people learn people skills Create a mission statement for your service department Train your staff to handle phones Limit staff personal calls Expert Mark Bower advises how to Keep employees you've trained from going on their own. Expert Allison Gaea Jucha knows how to Keep good employees when you've got too much work Cope with Family obligations Deal with stealing Enter your search terms Submit search form       Search Idea Cafe Web Small Business Tax Center • Idea Cafe Home • Sign Up • Biz Grant Center • CyberSchmooz •Coffee Talk with Experts • People in Biz Profiles • Starting Your Biz • Biz Planning • Running Your Biz • FREE Trade Publications • Marketing • Financing Your Biz • Human Resources • Legal & Biz Forms • Managing Your Biz • eCommerce • You and Your Biz • Gen X • Work@Home • The Fridge • De-Stress • Send an Award • Send an eGreeting • Yoga @ Your Desk • Web Guide • Idea Cafe in the News • About Idea Cafe • Advertise on Idea Cafe • Contact Us • Privacy Policy • Site Map • Small Biz News Copyright 1995-2009, DevStart, Inc. Downloads are for personal use only, not for resale to others, and may not be reprinted in any form without written permission from DevStart, Inc. DISCLAIMER: We hope whatever you find on this site is helpful, but be cautioned that it may not apply to your own situation, or be totally current at any given time. DevStart Inc. and all of its current and past experts, sponsors, advertisers, agents, contractors and advisors disclaim all warranties with regard to anything found anywhere on this family of websites, quoted from, or sent from DevStart, Inc. and its related sites, publications and companies. We also take no responsibility for comments published by others on these pages. TRADEMARKS: The following are Registered Trademarks or Servicemarks of DevStart, Inc.: Idea Cafe®, Online Coffee Break®, The Small Business Gathering Place®, Take out Info®, Biz Bar & Grill®, Complaint-O-Meter®, A Fun Approach to Serious Business™, CyberSchmooz™, and BizCafe™.