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Guide to Hiring: Do’s and Don’ts To Consider
July 11, 2025
Shared Success, and Economic Opportunities Program
Hiring employees is an important aspect of small business growth.
There are many things to consider and doing it right from the start is essential. Use this resource to learn how to create an opportunity as you hire that helps both your business succeed and your employee thrive.
Shared Success, a project of the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, shows how building better jobs can simultaneously uplift workers while also driving small business success.
About the Economic Opportunities Program
The Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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This Q&A provides insights and lessons from the work of 11 CDFIs that participated in Shared Success, a job quality demonstration led by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program (EOP).
This toolkit provides practical insights that community development financial institutions (CDFIs) can use to expand their impact and support small business job quality and growth.
