64% of Small Business New Hires Found By Word of Mouth

This Week's Business Stat Has Arrived To ensure you receive updates from Docstoc, please add messages@docstoc.com to your address book | Unsubscribe.   Stat of the Day   63% of Small Business Owners Rely Heavily on Word-of-Mouth to Find New Employees As they struggle to find qualified employees, word-of-mouth tops the list of ways small business owners find new employees, topping both employee referrals and the internet     Source: Gallup Share this article with your friends:       It is a Struggle for Small Businesses to Find Qualified Employees Small business owners are struggling to find qualified employees to fill job vacancies, despite the overall slow economy and reported high unemployment rates. Recent results from a survey of 601 small business owners by Gallup highlighted just how difficult it is for small business owners to find qualified candidates. Of the small business owners who responded to the survey, 23% responded that it is "very difficult" to find the right qualified employees for their business, and 30% responded that it is "somewhat difficult". That means that more than half of the small business owners who responded are having difficulty in finding qualified candidates despite the fact that it would seem that with high unemployment rates there should be more candidates vying for each job vacancy. See how owners find employees >>   48% of Owners Would Like a Family Member to Eventually Take Over the Family Business 78% of Small Businesses Plan To Automate to Cut Costs 24% of all Emails are Opened Within 1 Hour of Delivery         To ensure you continue to receive our e-mails please add messages@docstoc.com to your Address Book now. We send this email to members of docstoc.com per our Privacy Policy . You can manage your email preferences and other settings by going to Your Settings Page . If you have any questions you can e-mail or call us anytime by using our Contact Us page. You may unsubscribe from this mailing here: Unsubscribe. You can manage your email preferences in the notifications tab here: Preferences. *Disclaimer: Legal information is not legal advice. Read More. Docstoc.com , Inc. 409 Santa Monica Blvd., Ste 2A Santa Monica, CA 90401