by Caroline | Jan 18, 2023 | Company Culture, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Leadership, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting, teamwork
People tend to think of culture and compliance as completely different animals. To some, culture is the fun part of an organization, how you work and play together, who you are as people. Compliance is rules, regulations, and legal risks. Boring constraints. But if...
by Caroline | Jul 23, 2021 | Company Culture, Featured, Leadership, Management, Recruiting, talent, telecommuting
Recently, going remote has been a necessity for many of us that are not in essential jobs. While there has been a gradual awareness and movement towards a more remote environment in the past 5 years, the pandemic has accelerated the transition to a mass...
by Caroline | Jun 5, 2019 | Company Building, Hiring, Recruiting
Odds are your hiring managers want to hire candidates who are experienced in ~90% of the job. Why? They want to go home and sleep at night thinking the tasks are covered and the team is productive. Odds are the best candidates really want a job that is 50-75 % of what...
by Caroline | May 15, 2019 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Labor Law, Recruiting
Like most cities with universities, Austin has a large supply of college students and so it seems like it would be a good idea to establish an internship program. After all, all these students need some “real world” experience and you need the free labor, right? Sigh,...
by Caroline | Jul 25, 2018 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Almost everybody underestimates the importance of a job description. Most people, from what I can gather, tend to think of it like filling out a template. “We need a __________ with _________years experience who can __________. The ideal candidate will have...
by Caroline | Apr 18, 2018 | Hiring, Interviewing, Recruiting, Vision
When you’re looking for an HR consultant or manager, you have to consider a lot of factors. This person isn’t just there to hire and fire people, they’re there to help guide the business in how it manages its most valuable asset—its people. They need to know...
