April 27th, 2013 marks the inauguration of the Hire Smart Small Business Event! This all day seminar helps small businesses make the right hiring decisions, enabling them to grow and create new jobs to boost the economy. Intuit & LinkedIn team up to assemble expert advice from HR specialists, lawyers to other successful small businesses speaking about their experience and sharing their secrets to success. The venue was the beautiful campus at Intuit in Mountain View(building 6). Better watch out Google, good thing Intuit doesn’t make a search engine, their operations are tight! Some of the guest speakers included Bill Rancic(from the original Apprentice), Intuit CEO Brad Smith and LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner. Both CEOs gave a great overview, but a surprisingly awesome introduction by Bill Rancic really energized the start of the event, with a funny wit combined with strong business presentation skills. The combination of all the guest speakers set the stage and transformed a normally very dry and boring topic into an extremely interesting day and information day for Small Business owners like myself. Some of the topics included: * Is It Time To Hire? * Finding The Perfect Fit? * Asking All The Right Questions? * Full-Time Employee VS. Contractor? * Protect Yourself and Stay Compliant? * Attract Workers and Keep Them Happy? * How To Be The Best Boss You Can Be? If you are either a HR consultant, Recruiter, or Small Business Owner, bookmark their link and come join me next year!