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Finding Keepers: Dive Center Owners and Managers Talk About Where They Find Good Employees

While the diving business certainly requires some specialty training, the traits dive center owners seem to look for when hiring store personnel are really not very different from the characteristics that retailers in many fields look for when hiring staff.…

Marty SnydermanJanuary 22, 2009

Employment & Staffing Legal Staff

The Importance Of an Employee Handbook and What to Include

While we would wish that employee turnover in the scuba industry was lower, many retailers have a constant stream of new hires. Well-drafted, easy-to-understand work rules, relevant to retailing and scuba, are imperative to getting your people up to speed…

Alisa P. Cleek Esq.January 22, 2009

Employment & Staffing Staff

Finding Great Employees: the Key to a Successful Business

Unquestionably, dive center managers are busy people, and that's the most common reason heard for why so little effort is devoted to the recruitment and hiring of employees. But what are the consequences of not putting our full effort into…

Alex BrylskeJanuary 18, 2009

Employment & Staffing Legal Management Management 101 Staff

Don’t Leave Mad, Just Leave! Firing Legal Pitfalls, and How to Avoid Them

"What the…" cried Barney, manager of Mayberry Scuba Center, as he read the lawsuit just served on him by the sheriff's deputy. "Wrongful termination!" he bellowed into the telephone at his attorney Andy. "Why that lazy, good-for-nothing Otis was the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

Employment & Staffing Legal Loss Prevention Operations Staff

Navigating the Ocean Of Hiring Law: a Basic Sailing Guide for Scuba Retailers

Which of the following hiring employers might be exposed to legal liability? Ariel, owner of the Siren's Call dive store, interviews Eric, a handsome young man with a winning smile, for a sales and instruction position. A friend in the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

Employment & Staffing Legal Management Management 101 Staff

Avoiding the Misclassification Of Workers in the Dive Store

Like many of my scuba industry contemporaries, I earned my first dollar in diving as an "independent contractor" (IC) scuba instructor for a local dive store. The store only employed a handful of staff in sales and management, and the…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

Employment & Staffing Legal Management Management 101 Staff

Securing Your Ship Against Loose Cannons

Almost every dive store has or has had a loose cannon or two. In many cases, they are talented and hard-working employees who get carried away by zeal, lack of maturity, or frequent lapses in judgment. Examples abound. "Loose cannon"…

Barry K. ShusterJanuary 6, 2009

Employment & Staffing Management Management 101 Staff

Selecting the Right Person for the Job: Interview Practices to Make Your Life Easier

"Small business bungles hiring," says Bette Price, president of the Texas-based Price Group. Although her company's latest research shows that "hiring the right employee" is the No. 1 issue small business faces today, Price's research also shows that 90 percent…