| Employee theft is one of the worst problems a | | | | credit check. Look into personality and |
| small business faces. In order to achieve success | | | | psychological testing. These will be the first steps |
| and make profits, small retail businesses have to | | | | you must take to prevent theft and these will be |
| stay theft-free. Statistics show that almost | | | | the most effective steps you will. |
| two-thirds of loss in a store is caused by theft | | | | When you are hiring someone, you have to make |
| perpetrated by dishonest employees. The losses | | | | sure you can rely on him or her. No matter how |
| cause harm to people who are not involved in this | | | | skillful, a dishonest employee is able to ruin your |
| - the customers, by driving prices up. Eventually | | | | business. You need to be demanding when you |
| customers will refuse to do their shopping in the | | | | are searching for employees and employees |
| store affected. Therefore, businesses will enjoy | | | | should not be offended by your strict selection. |
| less profit. Undoubtedly, every business must | | | | Strict selection is necessary if you wish to |
| strive to prevent theft. | | | | prevent theft. |
| Each small business has the goal to make profits | | | | Here are some tricks that may help you:o Supply |
| and must do its best to prevent theft. The | | | | employees with uniforms that have no pockets;o |
| percentage of employee theft varies for each | | | | Share the combination to the safe only with those |
| business. It depends on the type of the store, the | | | | that must have it;o Install security cameras over |
| type of the products and so on. A store that sells | | | | the cash-drawers; |
| expensive products such as computers, stereos, | | | | You may think that implementing these things will |
| and televisions will have bigger losses than a store | | | | be expensive, but just think of the losses that |
| that sells food for example. In such stores, steps | | | | you will prevent if you fail to prevent theft. |
| must be taken in order to prevent theft. | | | | Let me suggest to you one more important thing. |
| Because of all these troubles, executives have to | | | | First of all, you have to be honest as well. Would |
| find effective ways to prevent theft. The only | | | | you expect your employees to be honest when |
| way to avoid problems with employees is by | | | | you are not honest? Be honest in all your contact |
| developing a method to prevent theft. The first | | | | with employees, customers and vendors. If |
| thing one can do to prevent theft is to make | | | | employees see you are honest, they will try to |
| sure that he or she has hired honest employees. | | | | return you the favor. Do not make any unclear |
| An honest employee is the best treasure you can | | | | points in your everyday dealings. Develop clear |
| discover. An honest employee is worth his or her | | | | rules and reasonable expectations for your |
| weight in gold. Anyway, no matter how confident | | | | employees. Prevent theft by imposing a fine on |
| you are that you have hired honest employees, | | | | employees who do not follow the rules. Encourage |
| effective methods to prevent theft are | | | | those whose job performance is excellent. No |
| necessary as well. In order to be successful, | | | | employee will have the desire to work hard |
| employees have to be assured that you are | | | | without appreciation for his or her efforts. It |
| taking all the necessary actions to prevent theft. | | | | won't be easy but you simply have to prevent |
| Before you hire an employee, make a brief | | | | theft. |
| search of the employee's labor background. Do a | | | | |