hiring

For those that are looking for a job, Montana just might be the place for you, if you can afford to live here. New data shows Montana is hiring.

Gov. Steve Bullock says 851 people joined the workforce last month due to wage growth and increased job opportunities.

Noted economist Paul Krugman suggested that making it harder to fire people would go a long way to reducing unemployment.

Hiring and firing people always seemed like a coin flip. If I hire this person will they do great or will they fail to make it past their 90 day probation period?

The first thing to realize is that when you change your hat from owner to employer no employee will ever have the passion you have for what you are doing.

Only 44 percent of women and 48 percent of men ask for raises in pay. However, 85 percent of those who did got something.

Good employees are out there and if you can find them they are worth their weight in gold.

For McDonalds to pay a “living wage” to full or even part time employees is a little hard to compute when you are looking at the dollar menu.

You don’t necessarily have to dress like you stopped off for the interview on your way to a funeral. I had a hard and fast rule, that employee’s dressed one step up from the customers.

Payroll is usually the largest expense for most small businesses. While income goes up and down, payroll is a constant. The employee always knows what their check will be while the employer rarely does.