If you're planning to expand your business, you'll need new employees that will facilitate the growth. There are a lot of tips out there when it comes to recruiting people but if you want to get the best out of it, you'll need good HR software for small business.

This 2018 is also seeing a massive shift in HR software. It's no longer about automation but more on increasing productivity. This helps cut down costs and improves future conversions - that's the kind of multi-capable software you need to boost your small business.

Not sure which software gives you more bang for your buck? Here are some of the best HR solutions for small business:

PeopleMatter

Aimed at small businesses in the service industry, the software has a suite of solutions to help manage your workforce. The product has three modules:

• HIRE
• LEARN
• SCHEDULE

The first one is an applicant tracking system. Its difference compared to other human resources software for small business is that it has other useful tools. It...

As a small business, there are many things you're exempt from, but human resources isn't one of them.

Human resources for small business is one of the first things you should think about as soon as you consider hiring your first employee. Why? Because as soon as you hire someone, it's your employees - not your product or service - that become the most valuable part of your business.

Human resources doesn't only shape your company - it can also make or break it through hiring, firing, and performance.

So do you need small business HR? Absolutely. Keep reading to learn how to get started.

What Is Human Resources?

Human resources is a management system dedicated to all things related to your employees - i.e., your human resources.

It covers:

• Hiring
• Firing
• Benefits
• Employee development
• Employee management
• Employee communication
• Employee safety and wellness

Essentially, human resources help keep your employees happy and healthy at work.

Although human resources appears to be...

So, you have hired your new employee, and he starts in a few days. Where do you even begin? Do you just assume that this person will kick start with a stellar performance in mind reading? You hired him to do a job, that’s all that needs to be done, just the job right? Wrong. There can be a number of fundamental challenges that must be overcome in the first few days leading up to the employee’s BIG day on the job.

Just imagine your new employee arriving early, eager to prove his validation of why you chose him for this job. Yet, nothing has been prepared. No coordinated introduction, an office hasn’t been assigned, you can’t find the new badges, and now you are unsure if all systems have been properly allocated to the employee. Your new employee then creates a sense of dysfunction, which has been permanently imprinted in the mind of the employee as he now waits hours or even days until everything is completely sorted out. Congratulations, this is your...

Recruiting can be a very daunting task.  Determining what tasks and roles you need to have filled, marketing and attracting qualified candidates while evaluating the best fit can be extraordinarily painful for managers.  At the bottom of this page, we have created a 5 Step Recruiting Process just for you.  Following this process will make your recruiting endeavors much easier. In addition to the HR Branches 5 Step Recruiting Process, there are a few other tips that we would like to share with you to help you along this journey.

Keep bias (and discrimination) out of the recruiting process. It seems that a lot of people learn a lot about their unnoticed biases during the recruiting process. I once had a manager turn down a very qualified candidate because the candidate worked at a restaurant that they didn’t like. Do not let this get in the way of finding the right person to complement your operations. This can have very large ramifications, including legal...