If your home business is large enough to employ other people, then you know hard it can be to find good help. This is probably the biggest headache small business owners have. Not only can it be difficult to find the right employee, it is also hard to keep them around.

The key to finding a great employee all starts at the interview. If conducted properly, the interview can give you great insight on your perspective candidate.

Entrepreneur.com has some great advice on how to handle this task. In their article, Hire Away How to bring new hands on deck–and keep them there they share some excellent tips:

"Conducting better interviews: Sigal remembers talking too much as a less seasoned entrepreneur. "You’re spending so much time selling that you’re not listening," he says.

List the tasks a new hire will be responsible for, and base your questions on the competencies they’ll need to fulfill those responsibilities. Sigal uses a "cheat sheet" that outlines vSocial’s funding, customers, needs and challenges. This way, "you’re not starting from scratch in every interview," he says.

You can also have candidates describe how they would put together a project, report, etc., related to the job; have them" read the rest……

Good luck and remember, you are the boss!