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After all the hard work of preparing for the interview process and all the hours spent talking with and listening to the potential employees, it is time for the task of choosing the final candidate and letting down all the other candidates as well.

Use the Evaluation Sheets. See which candidates scored highest in the areas that were most important to you and to the future co-workers. Compare all the components of the evaluation, tests and interview.

Look over the responses that each candidate gave to questions during the interview. Consider everything from appearance to final appeal when you are looking at the interview process.

Make a stack of good, better and best candidates. If the applicants don’t fit into one of the categories then go ahead and put them in a pile for “not interested.”

Compare your notes with any that the committee might have. It can help to have more than one voice during this process.

Consider all the information and the position you are currently trying to fill, but also think about the potential of the applicant and the future of the company. It is important that you hire for today but plan for tomorrow.

Choose the final candidate. Notify that person in writing of your desire to offer them a position with the company. If you have agreed in advance to call the candidate then you can choose to notify the person by that method. It is a good idea to still follow up with a letter.

Notify the other candidates that you have chosen someone for the existing position. For those that made it to the good, better and best pile, you might notify them that you will be keeping their resume on file for future openings. For the applicants that didn’t make the cut at all you need to keep your notification plain and simple. “Thank you for taking the time to interview with our company. We have decided to go another way at this time.”

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There are some potential problems to look out for with niches. One of the most prevalent is that of the fad niche. Fad niches might be wildly popular right now, but they do not provide solid long-term income potential.

A prime example of a fad niche is the Atkins diet. Just a few short years ago, the Atkins diet was all the rage. There were reports of people losing lots of weight on it, and it seemed that everyone was jumping on the bandwagon. Books about the diet sold like hotcakes, and the news was abuzz with Atkins success stories.

After the diet started getting lots of attention, food manufacturers started making foods that were designed with it in mind. These did reasonably well. Then fast food restaurants started offering low carb options. By this time, the diet was waning in popularity. The new menu options saw lukewarm sales, and the items offered in stores started sitting on the shelves a little longer. Even Atkins Nutritionals ended up filing bankruptcy.

There is money to be made with such fads, but only if you get on board early. Once the market is fully developed, it is usually so saturated that newcomers are hard pressed to get a piece of the pie. And even if you do catch it in time to make some money, you’ll have to constantly be on the lookout for new trends to maintain your level of income. So unless you’re in a position to catch wind of trends long before everyone else does, finding niches that have long-term profit potential is the soundest option.

One way to determine whether a niche has long-term earnings potential is by looking at its history. Various niche analysis tools allow us to do this, some in more depth than others. The Adwords Keyword Tool allows us to look at this by providing statistics about each keyword’s average performance as well as its performance over the past month. If a keyword has seen a recent surge in search volume, it might be a seasonal performer, but it might also be a risky proposition.

Another thing to consider when analyzing a niche’s profitability in the long haul is the performance of similar niches. Pop music, for example, tends to have a limited life span, so focusing on a particular artist or song in the genre might not be the best strategy. In situations such as this, you might be better served to broaden your focus just a little.

The best niches offer the opportunity for earnings for years to come, not just for a few weeks or months. Taking the time to find niches with steady money-making potential lets you fully develop your marketing strategy without having to keep one eye out for the next big thing.

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Maybe you’re wondering how being in good overall health can affect our biorhythms. We touched on that earlier, but here we will discuss it further.

The truth is, nothing can truly alter our biorhythm cycles. They are as regular as clockwork. No situation, medication, procedure, spell or potion can change these cycles. But keeping our bodies running efficiently can help us handle their fluctuations much better, minimizing their negative impacts and taking the fullest advantage of their positive ones.

One of the easiest ways to illustrate this point is by considering the immune system. This is the system that attempts to ward off sickness and disease, and to rid our bodies of it when it does find its way in. Its ability to function properly depends greatly on our overall health, and it can be enhanced with the right nutrients, regular exercise, and adequate rest.

It’s true that on physical critical days, our immune system’s function is often at its worst. But if our bodies are in good enough shape, the immune system is still working quite well, even on such a bad day. So even at its worst, chances are it will provide enough protection to keep us from falling ill.

It’s kind of like comparing a professional basketball player to someone who only shoots hoops a couple of weekends a month. The professional will play better on his worst day than the weekend warrior on his best day. This is because the professional gets regular practice and training. Similarly, the immune system that is well taken care of performs better on its worst day than the immune system that barely gets what it needs in order to function.

Or perhaps you prefer car analogies. Imagine two 20-year-old vehicles of the same make and model. One has been kept in mint condition, with regular maintenance and as-needed repairs. The other has only had its oil changed once every few years, never mind anything beyond that. If you run each one a quart low, which one do you think will fare better? The one that has been taken care of might suffer some ill effects, but the other will be more likely to end up in the junkyard. Applying this concept to our immune systems will keep them from ending up in the proverbial junkyard.

These analogies don’t just apply to the immune system, or even just to physical health. They apply to our physical abilities, brain function, and emotional stability as well. The better we take care of ourselves in every way, the fewer adverse effects we will see on critical days. We will still have the same fluctuations in each cycle, they just won’t be as noticeable. We won’t face the intense ups and downs that we would if our bodies, minds and emotions were in poor repair.