Work Life

JANUARY 18, 2024

Incentivize employees’ contributions In the startups and small businesses I support, a major cause of tension is when employees feel like they’re putting in the hard work to build the business but aren’t getting the financial rewards. Aleasa Word, DEI consultant and executive coach consultant, A.

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APRIL 25, 2022

This post, new boss monitors our LinkedIn profiles, I prepared for a video interview and didn’t need to, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I’m annoyed that my interview switched for video to audio-only after I spent time getting ready. I’m constantly asked for student interviews.

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Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The host of The Millionaire Money Podcast , founder of Money Mindset SHIFT and a bestselling author, Crandell is an international speaker and master financial and neuroscience coach and consultant. She has been featured on more than 73 platforms, sharing the power of the human brain in creating behavior that drives monetary increase.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

I asked her if she’d do an interview here about her work, and she gracious agreed. I primarily work with small business owners, and what I do for them is a combination of the practical (setting up and maintaining their budget, keeping their accounts up to date) and what essentially amounts to money therapy.

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Ruby

APRIL 8, 2021

Most small businesses have encountered forced changes this last year involving commerce, tech, and customer shifts. We sat down with well-known small business advocate and journalist Loren Feldman of 21 Hats , to talk about collaboration, creativity, and resilience among small business owners.

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Attendance Bot

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Whether you’re a small business owner or a human resource professional, this blog aims to equip you with valuable insights and actionable tips for creating a successful staffing plan. This can include posting job openings, reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, and making job offers.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

This is a mandatory fun culture, but you bet I’m bringing this up in my exit interview! I have to tell my manager that I’m interviewing somewhere else. I have had a first-round interview with a consulting firm and was invited to a second phone interview with the hiring manager. What the actual F?

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Ruby

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Check out Jehan’s first interview here. Read the Interview Jill McKenna: Hello everyone. We provide really resources for local businesses to scale their company. And my background was, I worked for Deloitte Consulting for 10 years doing outsourcing for investment banks, started a few companies, needed some back-office support.

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Vantage Circle

JANUARY 7, 2020

Employee turnover is an issue for all organizations, especially for small businesses or startups. Many companies are of the view that all efforts in reducing turnover are likely to go in vain and in the end, they have to hire an external consultant. You know what’s more difficult than finding top talent ? Retaining them.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 18, 2020

I was very pleasantly surprised when I received an offer for this role; after a brutal interviewing process post-grad school in the mid-2010s I was ready for 2020 to be exponentially worse. In September, my state (Delaware) offered Relief Grants for small businesses. It was incredibly helpful. I am still in shock.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

But I also know that if we were a small business (instead of a nonprofit), I would feel differently about how much cash we offered, and it feels wrong to discount the right amount of severance just because we’re in the nonprofit sector — work is work. Should I check in with an employer a week after an interview?

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JULY 7, 2020

I work for a small nonprofit that had to lay off about half the team two weeks ago because of Covid. I am still employed, and while I serve on the leadership team and was consulted on how the process should be handled, the communication about the layoffs came from our executive director. Arriving early for video interviews.

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APRIL 29, 2021

A reader writes: I work as a project manager at a small business (~25 employees) and have been in this role for more than six years. She learned I’d been laid off from my last position and offered to introduce me to her husband (John) who owns a consulting firm in my field.

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Ruby

JULY 28, 2020

Read the Interview Jill McKenna: Hi, I’m Jill McKenna. Melissa is a Business Coach and Social Media Consultant who has been helping businesses with marketing and sales strategy for over a decade. I am the Campaign Marketing Manager at Ruby and today I’m so delighted to be speaking with Melissa Barker.

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Ruby

JULY 13, 2020

In the first of a three-part interview, Jill and Melissa Barker discuss what it means to navigate social media in the time of coronavirus. Read the Interview Jill McKenna: Hi, I’m Jill McKenna. Melissa is a business coach and social media consultant who has been helping businesses with marketing and sales strategy for over a decade.

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Ruby

JUNE 5, 2020

Here at Ruby, we’ve been cooking up a series dedicated to bringing expert insights right to our customers, and the small business community at large. In this installment, Ruby’s own Jill McKenna interviews Katie Augsburger of Future Work Design. Read the Interview Jill McKenna: Hi! Katie has a M.Ed in Sociology.

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JUNE 27, 2017

I am the owner of a small business specializing in bridal hair and makeup services. Should I like/share articles from a company I am interviewing with? Every few days they post an article written by one of their consultants. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

One of his start-ups is aimed at providing management consultancy services to SMEs, but he has never worked in management consulting, which I believe is the main reason his firm is losing out to more experienced competitors. Is he right, did I kill this small business? Any advice on surviving the next two weeks?

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Ruby

JUNE 1, 2021

Maybe you run a consulting firm, and a client has assumed you’re capable of providing not just business guidance, but also legal advice. As Justin Dunham from Ercule recently told us in an interview : “You have to know what you’re doing—that’s what you’re being hired for. I’m willing to bet you’ve experienced this firsthand.

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Ruby

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Read the Interview Jill McKenna: Thanks, everyone, for being here. Founded in 2009, Noon Dalton is a leading provider of skilled remote teams for businesses and entrepreneurs throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. Jehan Noon: Yeah, we provide resources for local businesses to scale their company. I am Jill McKenna.

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Ask a Manager

JULY 21, 2015

I recently started a new job at a small business. There isn’t an official office in my city; I work largely out of my home, with a small workspace/office in a building that really is just intended to one person. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. I don’t want to keep driving my boss to the airport.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

This post, update: should I tell a recruiter about the unprofessional CEO I interviewed with? , Remember the letter-writer wondering whether to tell a recruiter about the unprofessional CEO they interviewed with (#2 at the link)? was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager. It’s the final day of “where are you now?”

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Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

She went on to become a successful entrepreneur, business journal publisher, radio talk show host and philanthropist. In the nonprofit sector, she launched and consulted for 320 nonprofit organizations in 31 states, and raised more than $20 million for community causes and charities. Entrepreneur, consultant. Dave Conord.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Long story short, after interviews with the VP, the president, head of HR, and director of llama care (using many tips from your site, of course), I was more than excited about the prospect of this position. I did not despair when I didn’t get responses or interviews; I just forged ahead. In September 2020 I landed an interview.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 12, 2023

My company interviewed a man to celebrate International Women’s Day My company has been around for over 100 years and is one of the big ones in Australia. and came up with the answer “Interview a man!” Is there any way I can bring this information up in a cover letter or interview, and not sound like I have horrible judgement?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

My company was acquired during Covid, May 1st my title was changed to match the new company’s other comparable roles and I was given a ridiculous title change from Accounting Consultant to Intelligence Engineer. List it this way: * Intelligence Engineer (Accounting Consultant). Was this an interview faux pas. Dream life.

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Ask a Manager

JANUARY 3, 2017

First of all, they should have done their due diligence in hiring her — interviewed her thoroughly, checked references, etc. It’s definitely not uncommon for small businesses to function that way, especially ones run by married couples , and family can (but doesn’t always) introduce an additional layer of issues into the mix.

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Success

DECEMBER 31, 2024

For those who dare to strike out on their own and challenge the status quo as entrepreneurs and small business owners, the word takes on a whole new meaning, one that is often less about losing money and more about taking the time to take care of oneself. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 11, 2021

Some of this is targeted to interviews specifically, but much of it works for non-interview conversations as well.). • “I would suggest keeping some freelance work as a side gig. And being mostly self-employed avoided the interview questions and resume gap concerns.”

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 25, 2015

I interviewed 2 months ago, and since then, have just been waiting for bureaucracy to grind along. She quit her job to be a “coach” and described herself as an entrepreneur and small business owner – neither of which was even close to true but she swallowed the company line, hook and sinker. Any advice for her?

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