Recruiting through a labour shortage, writing a job post that attracts, onboarding and keeping employees, permanent and seasonal.
For a small service business, a bad hire costs contracts. These articles are for business owners with more work than hands: how to write a post the right candidates read to the end, reply fast, assess fairly and make people stay.
We also cover hiring self-employed workers properly, with a real contract, and building a seasonal crew that comes back year after year.
An employee onboarding plan for service businesses: day 1, week 1 and day 30. Equipment ready, a buddy to shadow, early feedback and pay that arrives…
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Sandrine Côté · October 29, 2026 · 8 min readIs your candidate response time costing you hires? What candidates do while you wait, and how to answer within 48 hours, even on your busiest weeks.
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