During Small Business Month, two Racine businesses were recognized as Small Business Administration (SBA) award winners for the state of Wisconsin. On May 23, state representatives, community leaders and small business owners gathered at CoveredCare to celebrate the achievements of Donisha Nesbitt of CoveredCare and Marie Watkins of Polaris Talent as women-owned business owners. Nesbitt […]
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Best Practices For Engaging With Job Seekers
For the last few months, headlines have included stories about how many people are out of work due to COVID and I think that has set up some unrealistic expectations amongst employers. I’ve had many conversations with employers who have a belief that there a lot of people on the market looking for work therefore […]
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Job seekers… please answer the phone
You say you want a job, but your actions tell us otherwise. Why do I say that? Because for the last three weeks, we had better than 80 percent of the people we were scheduled to interview for customer service jobs that paid well no-show when the time came. These are people that submitted a […]
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HR Outsourcing, A Smart Move for Small Businesses
“To win the marketplace, you must first win the workplace.” Doug Conant, former CEO Campbell Soup Company Business owners know that people are their greatest asset but too many businesses don’t invest enough thought or money into making sure they hire the best people. Even if they are lucky enough to hire the best, they may […]
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Are Most People Doing The Best They Can?
I recently took a deep dive into Brené Brown’s videos and books. If you haven’t yet discovered her, check out “The Call to Courage” on Netflix. Last night, I was reading “Rising Strong” in which she asks the question “Do you think, in general, most people are doing the best they can?” My gut reaction […]
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Ways Job Seekers Sabotage Themselves
In my last post, I talked about how a job seeker needs to brand themselves in order to stand out in a competitive market. Knowing your brand and standing out will help you get your foot in the door, after which there are many ways to fail if you haven’t properly prepped yourself for the […]
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Getting the Job: Tips from the Cereal Aisle
When was the last time you walked down the cereal aisle at the store? All those brands, all those colorful boxes (some with toys inside!) competing for a coveted spot in your shopping cart. It’s glorious and overwhelming at the same time. Some days, you know exactly which box you want and, other days, you […]
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Entrepreneurship: How Racine women help businesses grow
Did you know that Racine was listed as one of the top places for women to start a business? In fact, Racine was 4th on a list put out in 2015 by NerdWallet and ranked well ahead of Washington DC (#7) and San Francisco (#9). Since 2016 I’ve had the pleasure to mentor newly emerging […]