Particularly during today's labor crunch, a small business owner can leave no source untapped in the quest for qualified workers. The trick to making such an ad work is to really craft the copy. Specificity is necessary to ensure the best match of job candidates and job. It also pays to be creative. If you already have employees, use them to find new hires, says Brannick.
Retirees can be another great source of workers.
Many have outstanding work ethics and would prefer some part-time work to total retirement. Find them through your local chapter of AARP or, if your Small Business Administration local chapter has a Service Corps of Retired Executives program, that can be another good networking arena. Finally, there's the Internet. That said, if you have a Web site, it can't hurt to post job openings there. Probably the trickiest part of the employee hunt is screening applicants.