Growing Your Business
GUIDE: GROWING YOUR BUSINESS > PART FOUR
Hiring and Retaining the Right Employees
Attract, hire and retain the right team, legally.
First things first: Congratulations on taking the biggest step in growing your business and adding talent to your team. It’s a big step to hire your first (or second or third or 20th) employee. You’ll want to make you take all the steps to not only hire the right employee but also to hire legally.
Hiring employees is often the only way a company can grow beyond the scope of its owner. Bringing together a team for your business can be challenging, from determining if you’re even ready to hire an employee to completing new hire forms to filing taxes to simply finding, hiring and retaining the right talent to grow your team and your business. KCSourceLink resources can help you. Check out the tips and resources below on how to hire an employee and retain them. As always, your Resource Navigators are just a phone call (816-235-6500) or email away if you should have questions. Our services are always free.
Both states offer a variety of programs to help business employ workers from that state. Check out Kansas Works and Missouri Works for business programs and career services business representatives.
Insuring Your Employees
INSURANCE IN KANSAS
INSURANCE IN MISSOURI
Many Chambers of Commerce offer group health insurance to their members.
Start with KCSourceLink’s Hiring Checklist to get the scope of what you’ll need to prepare and do before, during and after you hire a new employee. Once you’ve got interviews set up, make sure you ask the best questions to go beyond candidates’ resumes. Drill down into these resources for more tips and guidance.
- Hire Good Employees and Boost Your Recruitment Strategy
- Hire and Manage Employees (SBA)
- KC Employer Resources (Mid-America Research Council)
- Should You Hire an Employee or a Contractor?
- Independent Contractor or Employee Brochure (IRS)
- Understanding Paychecks (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City)
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Resources for Hiring Employees
Have questions? Start with the list of KCSourceLink Resource Partners below. But also know that you can always call our Resource Navigators, and we’ll point you to the right expert to field your HR questions.
Job One
Specializes in: Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
Kansas City Area Transportation Authority
Specializes in: Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
The Black MasterMind Group Charitable Foundation
Specializes in: Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
The Sewing Labs
The Sewing Labs is an inclusive and welcoming community teaching the legacy of sewing for employment, entrepreneurship and enrichment.
Specializes in: Employee Development, Hiring and Policies
Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
Mid-Continent Public Library Culinary Center
Missouri Department of Economic Development - Kansas City Region
Missouri Enterprise, Kansas City and Northwest Missouri
Missouri Film Office
Missouri SBDC at University of Missouri Kansas City
Social Security Administration
Square One Small Business and Workforce Development Services by Mid-Continent Public Library
UMKC TalentLink
Workforce Partnership
Wyandotte Economic Development Council
Hiring Employees in Missouri
Check out Hiring New Employees and Reporting New Hires in Missouri (KCSourceLink)
Hiring Employees in Kansas
Review “Register as an Employer”
in Kansas Steps to Success (PDF)
Hiring Checklist
Download KCSourceLink’s Hiring Checklist to get the scoop and scope of what you’ll need to prepare when you want to hire a new employee.
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