{"id":247918,"date":"2021-03-16T15:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrdept.co.uk\/brentwood-billericay\/hiring-your-first-employee\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T14:55:10","slug":"hiring-your-first-employee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hrdept.co.uk\/brentwood-billericay\/hiring-your-first-employee","title":{"rendered":"Hiring your first employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.3&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.hrdept.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/colour-swish-master-footer_02.jpg&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; bottom_divider_style=&#8221;ramp2&#8243; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;200px&#8221; bottom_divider_flip=&#8221;horizontal&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.3&#8243; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||0%||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25.3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#512981&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;58px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_4_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;60px||70px|||&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Thinking about hiring your first employee?<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||30px|||&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.5&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;22px|auto||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;50px|75px|50px|75px|true|true&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|15px|15px|15px|15px&#8221; border_width_all=&#8221;1px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.26.3&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.0&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; width=&#8221;86.2%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;365px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|-176px||||&#8221;]Starting and running your own business normally involves wearing several hats throughout each day. 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