by Caroline | Nov 6, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Flexible spending accounts were a miracle when they were introduced in the 1970s. And they just got a whole lot better. Flexible spending accounts tackled inflation and rising medical costs by letting employees set aside pre-tax dollars to cover some medical and...
by Caroline | Oct 30, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
A lot of my clients, who really don’t have time or knowledge to plow through the legalese of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), make huge assumptions. Like, they have to let every employee take three months off, just because they asked. And they think the fact that...
by Caroline | Oct 9, 2013 | Assessments, Company Culture, Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, Management, People Evaluation, Recruiting, Telecommuting, company culture, management
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....
by Caroline | Aug 14, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
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...
by Caroline | Jul 31, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
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...
by Caroline | Jul 17, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Software is like exercise equipment. People get all fired up about changing their lives and go out and buy a treadmill or a set of weights and then it just it sits there, like a giant, metal guilt trip, reminding you that you still don’t have your act together....
