Recruiting & Staffing
Find out how to attract and retain high quality employees.
Resources online
Best databases
- Encyclopedia of Small Business
Part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library which has electronic versions of more than 100 reference books. For access: Type in all 14 digits of your Champaign library card number. (No card? Use this at the library.)
Best web links
- Small Business Administration – interviewing, writing job descriptions, immigration and more
- State of Illinois Business Portal – employee training, tax credits and rules for the workplace
- Hiring requirements – general information from the NY Public Library‘s Business Resource Center
Resources at the library
Check the catalog
Search the catalog under Any Keyword or Subject Keyword . Try a general search, such as staffing.
Browse the shelves at these Dewey (shelf) numbers
- 650s – hiring, firing, grievances, employee handbooks, employee rewards
Books to check out
- Discipline Without Punishment (Nonfiction/658.314/Gro)
- The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book (Nonfiction/658.311/Fal)
- Dealing With Problem Employees (Nonfiction/658.3045/Del)
- Create Your Own Employee Handbook (Nonfiction/658.301/Del)
- The Complete Reference Checking Handbook (Nonfiction/658.3112/And)
- First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals (Nonfiction/658.402/Mck)
Books to use only at the library
- Human Resources Management, CCH (Reference/R/658.3/Hum)
