The job of an employer is very hard. You need to ensure that you get the balance right – too nice and you may be taken advantage of, too strict and you may lose staff or find that they don’t work very hard if they are not happy.

Recruitment can also be a challenging task when running your own business. If you have advertised a job vacancy, you may be inundated with applications, but find that many are simply nowhere near suitable and haven’t got the skills you stipulated. Potential employees want to know that they will be happy in their job and that they will be looked after. If your business has a reputation for being a good place to work you may find the applications flooding in from good quality applicates. If yo struggle to get any applicates or poor-quality ones then you may need to revaluate your employer techniques. You need to think carefully about several points that hugely affect job satisfaction for your employees. This includes pay, if you are seen to reward your staff and pay fairly, people will respect and want to work for you.