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Job application process: CVs and application forms
Employers can weigh up the options for recruiting new staff either by requesting CVs or using job application forms
Shortlisting and inviting candidates to interview
How to draw up a shortlist of candidates for interview
Preparing for the job interview
Plan questions, study CVs carefully and make arrangements for the interview
Practical tests, psychometric tests and assessment centres
Tests you can do alongside the interview to help you choose the right candidate
Defining share-option and share-award schemes
Share-option schemes, share-award schemes and share purchase schemes
Advantages of mentoring
How a successful mentoring programme can benefit the business, mentor, and the individual being mentored
Set up a mentoring programme
How to establish an effective mentoring programme in your business
Mentoring: formal and informal programmes
How formal or informal mentoring programmes work and an example structure for a mentoring programme
Developing effective mentoring relationships
How to get the best from the mentoring relationship
Online selling
How your business can successfully use the internet to sell its products or service including creating an online shop and marketing online
Packaging and labelling for export
What packaging and labelling considerations businesses should consider when exporting goods including local rules and language.
Product packaging design
How the design of your packaging can help you sell your goods and build your brand.
Packaging - environmental considerations
Environmental regulations and considerations when designing packaging including reducing the weight and volume and your duty of care for waste.
Support and guidance for home heating oil suppliers
How home heating oil suppliers can comply with Trading Standards legislation and avoid consumer disputes.
Trade union membership rights
Understand the rights of union members, non-union members and union officials in your business
Create your marketing strategy
Decide how to market your product or service to potential customers by developing a marketing strategy that positions your product to particular customers
Branding and design
Creating a successful brand and using design throughout your business
Traditional marketing
The basics of traditional and offline marketing tactics such as advertising, PR and direct marketing
Competing fairly
How to ensure your business complies with competition law
Start a sales forecasts
How to use last year's sales as a starting point for your forecast of next year's sales to help manage your business more effectively.