{"id":8492,"date":"2026-06-26T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investinhamilton.ca\/hamilton-business-centre\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8492"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:32:43","slug":"hiring-your-first-employee","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/investinhamilton.ca\/hamilton-business-centre\/event\/hiring-your-first-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Your First Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tribe-events-schedule tribe-clearfix\" >\n\t<p class=\"tribe-events-schedule__datetime\">\n\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__date tribe-events-schedule__date--start\">\n\t\t\tJuly 28\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--date\">\n\t\t\t\t @ \t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--start\">\n\t\t\t\t10:00 am\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__separator tribe-events-schedule__separator--time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t &#8211; \t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"tribe-events-schedule__time tribe-events-schedule__time--end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t11:30 am\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ready to take the leap and&nbsp;<strong>grow your team<\/strong>? 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