You have found at least one applicant through your recruiting efforts whose abilities match the requirements of the job and whose references check out. What happens next is covered in the following explanations:

• Making a job offer. Making a job offer and dealing with a counter-offer.
• Negotiating starting pay and benefits. What you should do if you make a job offer, and the person is interested but wants more money and benefits than you are offering.
• Employment terms and conditions. How to clearly communicate the terms and conditions of employment when you make a job offer.
• Employee handbooks. An explanation of employee handbooks and when you should consider having one.
• Employment contracts. The advantages and disadvantages of employment contracts.
• Welcoming new employees. What you should communicate to a new employee before the first day on the job.

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