Small businesses often lack the resources to hire a full-time human resources manager or consultant, leaving the tasks of recruitment, workforce readiness checklist, hiring, payroll, compensation management, and ensuring legal compliance to the entrepreneur or their designated leadership. To help these multi-tasking professionals, we’ve compiled a list of some key resources, tools, and sites designed to aid small business owners in effectively implementing strong HR practices from the beginning of their business venture.

General HR Advice and Practice

• Society of Human Resource Management
• Evil HR Lady
• Ask A Manager

Employment Law and Compliance

• Hiring Your First Employee from Small Business Administration
• Staying Legally Compliant from Small Business Administration
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)

Recruitment, Hiring, and Interviewing

• The Recruitment and Hiring Process from KashFlow
• Best Free Job Posting Sites from Mighty Recruiter
• How to Write a Job Description from RecruitLoop
• Employer Interviewing Best Practices from Monster
• Hiring Process Checklist from TransUnion
• Interview Tutorial from Workable
• Automate & Centralize Exit Surveys with Easy-to-Use Templates from ExitPro
• 40Plus of Greater Washington YouTube Channel

Compensation and Benefits

• Zenefits Resource Center
• Best Payroll Software from Capterra
• Top HR Software
• CompAnalyst from Salary.com
• Online Timesheets from Monitask