by Caroline | Sep 5, 2015 | Company Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, People Evaluation, Recruiting
One thing that candidates often tell me when they’ve been interviewed by a company I work with is: “I know a lot about the company now. But they didn’t ask me anything about myself.” Argh! I know exactly what happened in that interview. The hiring manager and others...
by Caroline | Aug 19, 2015 | Management
I just got back from vacation. My body got back several days before my mind, but that’s neither here nor there. One glorious evening, I went kayaking on the Hudson River. Before we got started, our guide had us do a yoga move, balancing on one leg with our other foot...
by Caroline | Aug 12, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Labor Law, Management
I was thinking about writing a blog on the Department of Labor’s overtime proposal which would bump the salary of employees who were not eligible for overtime from $23,660 to $50,440. That, I thought, was a huge leap and probably a proposal that needed to be tempered....
by Caroline | Aug 5, 2015 | Company Culture, Culture, Management, Non profit HR
Everybody makes mistakes. But when you’re a small business owner, sometimes the mistakes seem so much BIGGER than other kinds of mistakes. There are ways in which small business owners try to be everything to everybody….probably because that’s how you feel when you’re...
by Caroline | Jul 29, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Culture, Hiring, Management, Non profit HR, Recruiting, rewards, Training
We’ve been in a weird phase in employee recruitment and retention the last decade. No matter what size your company, everybody who wants to hire top talent feels like they need to lure people in with margarita machines, giant beanbags and having a masseuse come in...
by Caroline | Jul 22, 2015 | Compensation and Benefits, Hiring, HRCompliance, Management, Non profit HR
Sometimes tax credits seem random. Sometimes tax credits seem like they’re always for the other guy. But sometimes, there are tax credits for hiring people who need an extra boost or being particularly good to your employees. And those are important tax credits to...
