Hiring the right employees will make every retail store owner's life easier. Our tips are suggestions to finding and hiring the right employee for your store.

1.Hire employees based on attitudes and behaviors over skills. Good employees can be taught the skills. An employee with the skills but not the right attitude and behavior will hurt the retail operation. Often, you can find excellent employees in other industries than yours.

2.Having certain key employees involved with the hiring process will reduce the odds of a bad hire. The key employees could be to listen, role-play or even ask a few questions. The most important part of the key employee will be the feedback about the applicant.

3.Visit the applicants current employer to see them in action.

4.Ask applicants why they want to work in your store and why you should hire them.

5.Ask applicant how they would change the store if they were in charge. Also, give them some real life examples of things that happen in the store and ask how they would handle these situations.

6.Look for excellent employees in other businesses and leave your business card. They could stop by your business to see if you have openings.

7.Make your place of business a fun place to work and you will get plenty of applicants regularly.

Making the right hire is one of the most important things a retail store owner can do for their business.