{"id":1689,"date":"2019-10-11T22:14:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T22:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1689"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:52:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:52:41","slug":"putting-it-together-human-resources-in-small-and-entrepreneurial-businesses","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/chapter\/putting-it-together-human-resources-in-small-and-entrepreneurial-businesses\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Businesses","rendered":"Putting It Together: Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Businesses"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignright wp-image-2535\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/10\/15203021\/25900820842_383788c92b_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three coworkers huddle around a laptop, discussing work.\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/>As we discussed earlier, small businesses account for 99% of the businesses in the United States, and almost half of the country works for a small business. As an HR professional, you could find yourself happily employed for a small business. There are many reasons to work for a small business, such as:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are likely to have some autonomy to work independently<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be easier to put ideas into action<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There may be greater job satisfaction and opportunity for job growth<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have an increased sense of ownership<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company is able to react quickly to change<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\u2026and so many more. The reasons why you might find yourself happy at a small business are the same reasons others are attracted to them. Leverage those great qualities to bring like-minded individuals into the company with you. You\u2019re armed with the information to make small business HR a success.","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2535\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4056\/2019\/10\/15203021\/25900820842_383788c92b_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Three coworkers huddle around a laptop, discussing work.\" width=\"350\" height=\"234\" \/>As we discussed earlier, small businesses account for 99% of the businesses in the United States, and almost half of the country works for a small business. As an HR professional, you could find yourself happily employed for a small business. There are many reasons to work for a small business, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are likely to have some autonomy to work independently<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be easier to put ideas into action<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There may be greater job satisfaction and opportunity for job growth<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have an increased sense of ownership<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company is able to react quickly to change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026and so many more. The reasons why you might find yourself happy at a small business are the same reasons others are attracted to them. Leverage those great qualities to bring like-minded individuals into the company with you. You\u2019re armed with the information to make small business HR a success.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1689\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Putting It Together: Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Businesses. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Freedom Learning Group. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li><strong>Authored by<\/strong>: WOCinTech Chat. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Flickr. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wocintechchat\/25900820842\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wocintechchat\/25900820842\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":15,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Putting It Together: Human Resources in Small and Entrepreneurial Businesses\",\"author\":\"Freedom Learning Group\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"\",\"author\":\"WOCinTech Chat\",\"organization\":\"Flickr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wocintechchat\/25900820842\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"00e2b05e-ce31-46ba-a54a-ad2804d1008f","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1689","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1642,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1689\/revisions\/2537"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1642"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1689\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-humanresourcesmgmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}