Cheap and easy ideas for starting a small business
101 Small Business Ideas for Under $5,000 offers practical, real-world advice for turning ideas and skills into a successful small business. The book presents great ideas for simple small businesses that readers can undertake either full-time or in their spare time and covers all the issues readers need to know -startup costs, legal issues, accounting, taxes, and everything else. Once readers decide what business is right for them, the authors provide sensible business plans for making it happen. They show wannabe entrepreneurs how to get started, find funding, and build a sales and marketing program. Legal, zoning, and insurance requirements are provided for each business idea, as well as advice on expanding the business-and the profits. Future business owners who don't know where to start will find everything they need here.

You'll never struggle with performance appraisals again

Do you dread writing employee performance evaluations? Do you struggle for hours to find just the right words of praise, avoid repetition, and tread the fine line between "constructive" and "criticism"?

"Performance Appraisal Phrase Book" makes it easy for you. Featuring concise sections on how to write the evaluation, handle tricky legal issues, and verbally discuss the evaluation, this book also includes a directory of thousands of words and phrases appropriate for any type of written evaluation.

You'll be able to find just the right way to assess:

• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Quality of work
• Work habits
• Teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Timeliness of work
• Work attitude

This book teaches managers how to document, write, and deliver a less-than-satisfactory performance evaluation.It provides examples of various types of problems and situations that arise with an under-performing employee.Sandler and Keefe explain how to use an employee evaluation to turn around an employee in trouble, and other suggestions for constructive criticism, retraining and monitoring and tracking employee performance.Also included is advice from trained experts and human resource managers on how to terminate an employee's employment with compassion and consideration.