Small Businesses are Not Hiring - Why Should They?

Small Businesses are Not Hiring - Why Should They?(globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com)

3 points by startuprules 15 years ago | 2 comments

wccrawford 15 years ago |

Why should they? For the same reasons as always. They still need workers in order to make more money.

If they -don't- need workers, they shouldn't be hiring no matter what the economy or government looks like.

hga 15 years ago | |

Well, it's implied that we're talking about hiring more workers. For an established firm, there are many options:

Leave money on the table. We're all familiar with companies that have died from expanding beyond their long term prospects or a short term down turn.

Get more out of your current workers; plenty are willing to work overtime for the usual compensation (obviously I'm talking about non-exempt workers).

Hire part-timers and/or contract workers.