Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Identify your business's weaknesses. Decide when you will hire new talent. Craft a compelling job ad. Spread awareness about your job opportunities. Conduct effective interviews. Clearly communicate your company's story.

Answer: Whether you have just one employee or a workforce of hundreds, consider what the weak points of your business might be. Truly engaged business leaders are honest about their company's flaws and take steps to tackle them as opposed to ignoring them or minimizing the complexity of their problems. Conduct a SWOT analysis to address your company's weaknesses honestly. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Perhaps your company excelled in sales last year, but lost a number of employees to a competing firm. Maybe you had the opportunity to partner with a nationally renowned brand but you lost the partnership due to shareholder pressure. View hiring and recruiting as an opportunity to tackle some of your challenges as opposed to simply filling a need. Identify what goals you have as a company and look to your employees as stakeholders in your company's success. The timing of recruiting might seem unimportant, but it can actually have an important impact on your business. Most employers hire during an upturn in the economy, but research has shown that hiring during a downturn -- a practice called counter-cyclical hiring-- can also help your business. Although you might be most concerned with minimizing costs during a downturn, this period can yield highly qualified applicants who will be a great investment for your company in the long term. Attracting highly qualified talent will require some effort on your part, especially if your company is smaller and not as well known as your competitors. Your job ad should be a broader reflection of your company's values and broader culture. Hook your reader at the beginning. Why is your company a great place to work? What are your core values and in what ways do you value your employees? You can cover this quickly, in just one or two sentences. Lead with this in your posting. Clearly define the requirements of the job. What kind of work with this person be doing? Will they be working in one specific team, or working with a variety of departments in the business? Will they be writing reports, managing projects, analyzing data, etc.? Will they be required to travel? Revise and update the job description. If you have previously hired for this position, it can be tempting to just plug in the same description you've used for years on your web site or on a job search engine. But take the time to update it. Does the job description reflect the current state of your company? Have you grown since your originally wrote it? Have the demands of the job changed with emerging technologies or a different target market of customers? Posting the job ad on popular job engine sites like Monster, Glassdoor, Indeed (or OpportunityKnocks and Idealist if you are non-profit) might seems like an obvious place to start, but you should also consider if you have any potential candidates on file already. Has anyone expressed interest in your business or profession when you weren't hiring? Looking at resumes that you have already on file might be helpful because you won't have to sift through hundreds of resumes you will receive when you post the job publicly. If you belong to a trade association or other professional organization, advertise the job through them as well. Let your network of colleagues at other companies know you are searching for new talent. Ask your employees if they know of friends or family members who might be interested in the job. It can be difficult to get a truly in-depth view of a candidate over the course of an interview. But you should prepare for the interview so you can use it to its fullest potential. Review the candidate's materials (resume, cover letter, writing sample, portfolio, if applicable) before the interview. You can then have a sense of how you will structure your questions and what areas of the candidate's experience you would like to discuss further. Ask questions to get a sense of the candidate's personality. How have they handled stressful situations? What accomplishments are they proud of? How have they solved complex problems in the past? Do not ask questions regarding the candidate's age or personal situation (i.e. if they are married or if they have children). These questions are illegal to ask. If you can, try to have other evaluators conduct the interview with you so you can get your colleague's opinions in addition to your own. You might also consider doing pre-screen interviews over the phone or via Skype in order to get a sense of the candidate before you bring them into your office for a secondary interview. At each point of the recruiting and hiring process, make sure you have clearly expressed your company's core values and goals. Define what you stand for and what kind of culture you create for your employees.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Start with the correct potato. Soak your fries in a bowl of cold water.

Answer: A potato with high starch and lower water content will always be best for french fries. Try using russet potatoes that are slightly older, if possible. To help maintain uniform shape, pick larger, evenly shaped potatoes. Soaking your fries in water removes excess starch and prevents the fries from getting stuck together. Soak your fries for five minutes and strain. Place them on a plate in a single layer then pat them with paper towels. Let them lay out for a few minutes to air dry.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Place the fish stock, chicken stock, white wine, bay leaf and garlic clove into a stockpot or Dutch oven. Bring the ingredients to a boil and then lower the heat so that the soup is simmering. Add the potatoes and cook the soup for 5 minutes. Add the carrots and cook for 5 more minutes. Add the zucchini and asparagus tips and cook the soup for an additional 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the vegetables with a slotted spoon and set them aside on a large plate. Make sure that the garlic and bay leaf stay in the stock. Bring the stock to a rolling boil and boil the stock until the volume has been reduced in half.

Answer: The vegetables should be crisp tender.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Recognize common quicksand areas. Look for ripples. Test the ground in front of you with your walking stick.

Answer:
While quicksand is not a unique kind of soil, it can form anywhere groundwater mixes with sandy soil, creating a distinctive soupy mixture. Learning to anticipate places you might encounter quicksand is the best way to avoid becoming entangled in it. Quicksand most commonly occurs in: Tidal flats Swamps and marshes Near lake shores Near underground springs Be on the lookout for ground that appears unstable and wet, or sand that has unnatural looking "ripples" in the texture. You should be able to see water seeping up from below the sand, making quicksand quite visible if you're on the lookout as you're hiking around. Always bring a hefty walking stick, both to use in case you become stuck, but also to tap the ground in front of you as you walk. A few seconds with a walking stick could be the difference between a messy wrestling match with a pool of quicksand and a safe hike.