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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Posted inEmployment, Resources
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 […]
Posted inOpinion
OP-ED: Employers, just say No to the payroll tax holiday
As of August 31, non-Federal employers have the option of not taking social security taxes from employee paychecks to give workers more spending money in this oh-so-odd year. The plan details are wonky, but an employer still has to pay their share of the Social Security tax (6.2% of the pay). Still, the employee will […]
Posted inEmployment, Opinion, Wisconsin Jobs
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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Business Spotlight
Business Spotlight: Polaris Talent helps businesses grow
The behind the scenes work of managing a business isn’t as thrilling, as the soul of their craft. Equally important are the gears that make the establishment move like recruitment and human resources. Polaris Talent can tackle that challenge. Owned by Marie Watkins, Roma Anasazi Watkins, and Marshall Folger, they help companies with talent acquisition […]
Posted inEmployment, Resources
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 […]
Posted inBusiness, Local news, Resources, Sponsored
Payroll Protection Program, Hiring, and You
Admittedly, it’s been a rough few months to be a small business owner, especially if your work could not easily shift to be done at home. We’ve all had sleepless nights worrying about how we were going to take care of the people that rely on us to stay in business. I think we all […]
Posted inEmployment, Resources
Could your social media profile hurt your job search?
One of the questions I get asked is: Does HR or recruiting really looks at a person’s social media presence when making hiring decisions? While it may seem invasive or unfair that one may be judged by their online presence, what you put online is fair game even if it’s on your “private page” and […]
Posted inEmployment, Resources, Sponsored
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 […]