Business Over Breakfast

Join the Chamber for Business Over Breakfast on June 13, for'

"Five Best Practices in Hiring Right the First Time"

Hiring the right person, particularly for small businesses is absolutely critical. Recent research shows that it costs a business, on average, $50,000 for each wrong hire. The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with a better understanding of how to hire not only the right person, but to protect the business against hiring the wrong person.

Participants will learn: 

How to create well defined hiring needs for employees or independent contractors

How to understand HR requirements and the legal risks in hiring employees or independent contractors

Keys to writing an effective job description and making it work

How to use the interview to improve hiring while staying legal

How to reduce the risk of employees disclosing proprietary information and working for a competitor at the time of hire, not later

• Could your company pass a wage and hour audit from the Dept of Labor or the IRS?


• How certain are you that your employees won't leave your company with your confidential information or your customers?


• Do you always hire the right person for your job?


• Have you made any bad hiring decisons?


• Did you hire the person that best fits your company's needs?


• Can you clearly articulate your jobs essential functions and how that translates into hiring requirements?


• Are you getting the most out of your employment interviews?

Join us to learn the answers!

Presented by:

~Carl Greenberg is founder of Pragmatic HR Consulting. As an organizational psychologist he consults with businesses on selecting better employees and improving their productivity.

~Ed Conroy is an attorney specializing in labor and employment law. He has practiced labor and employment law for over 30 years with major fortune 500 companies and a law firm in St. Louis. For the past 5 years he has had his own labor and employment practice.

Time: Registration & Breakfast begin at 7:30 am, presentation at 8:00 am.

Cost: $20 for members/$25 for non-members. Non-members are required to pre-pay online or by calling the chamber office at 636-532-3399