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Five Things Every Startup Needs to Know
In honor of Austin Startup Week, we wanted to acknowledge that most entrepreneurs know certain common truths about startup life: They’ll have to work 40 hours a day, 12 days a week, for example. But when it comes to human resources, there’s A LOT startups don’t know....
Is Your Organization Self Absorbed?
When I’m looking to hire an employee, I always look for someone well rounded. Why? If you spend your nights watching TV, you’re a lot less interesting to me as an employee than if you’re a software engineer AND a skydiver AND you volunteer with the Cancer Society...
No Long Term Disability Insurance? Scary
A lot of employers are freaking out about the impending implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I don’t quite get it, because most of my clients with more than 50 employees—those required to provide medical insurance to employees—already have a medical plan. But...
Part Time Hires Aren’t Always an Obamacare Dodge
A weird side effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is the stigma it’s put on part time work and part time workers. These days, hiring someone part time can cause others to raise their eyebrows with knowing looks: “Ah,...
Five Signs You’re a Great Boss
Last week I wrote about five reasons your employees may hate you. Now I am not normally a negative person so while I did receive some feedback from readers on how fun it was to read and chuckle, I felt compelled to be more positive in this week’s post. So, it’s five...
Five Reasons Your Employees May Hate You
So, you are pretty sure your employees love you. I mean, you’re not like other bosses. You talk to them about their personal lives. You’re the office confidante. You consider their input carefully over time. You’re awesome! Right? Hmm, well…I’m sorry, but there’s a...
Going Global? Tips on Your First International Hire
Business is great with US customers and now you are ready to hire a sales team in EMEA or APAC and expand internationally? Can’t find the talent you need to get your product off the ground and need to hire developers outside of the US? Clients in Australia love you,...
No Drama! How to Create a Drama-Free Workplace
Drama, drama, drama! The woman who spends half the day polling officemates whether her boyfriend loves her. The man who has a conniption every time a client does something funky. The employees who come in complaining about each other every day, like five-year-olds on...
Outsource or Hire? How to Decide
It might be HR or marketing, bookkeeping or design, but you need to be able to hand over some piece of your business to somebody else. The question is, do you outsource it? Or do you hire somebody? Fortunately, there are some pretty good tests to help you figure out...
Stuff Happens, Do You Know Where Your Worker’s Comp Insurance Is?
So, let’s say you have an employee who trips over a bad spot in the rug at your office, or has a shelf fall on him or pulls something carrying boxes. You send him to the emergency room right? No wait! If the injury happens during the course of work, while the employee...
Wanted: Strong Leaders, hard workers, self-disciplined…veterans
Why are veterans having so much difficulty finding civilian jobs? I recently attended a panel on the value of hiring veterans sponsored by Austin Chamber of Commerce and Skillpoint Alliance. Central Texas agencies and non-profits are working hard to connect veterans...
How to Break Up with an Employee
So, around Valentine’s day, I wrote a blog about how hiring is like dating. Here’s the other side: firing is like breaking up. There are a lot of reasons to fire someone. The employee might not be living up to performance expectations. He might blatantly neglect his...
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