Scaling Your Small Business Without Adding Overhead
Your revenue grew 40 percent last year. Your client list has doubled. You should be celebrating, but instead you’re buried deeper than ever because every new client adds work to a team that hasn’t grown with the business. The obvious solution is to hire, but the math stops you cold: a full-time employee means payroll […]
Mastering the Virtual Interview
You’ve applied for a remote role you’re excited about, and the employer wants a video interview. You know to dress professionally, check your internet, and find a quiet room. Those basics won’t differentiate you from the other ten candidates doing the same thing. What separates the candidate who gets the offer is how well she […]
How Faith Family and Freedom Shape HireMyMom
A mom in Georgia applied for a remote bookkeeping role on a free job board. The listing looked professional and the interview felt legitimate. Two weeks into “onboarding,” she’d handed over her Social Security number and banking details to someone who didn’t exist. A small business owner in Colorado posted a virtual assistant position on […]
The Rise of the Virtual Professional
You keep seeing the same phrase in remote job listings: “independent contractor.” You’re not entirely sure what that means for you, or whether it’s better or worse than the part-time employee positions you’ve been searching for. Here’s what it means in practice: a small business owner who used to post a part-time employee position and […]
Hire My Mom Employer Success Story- Mari Hough
Why did you decide to use HireMyMom.com for your hiring needs? I found it is a perfect fit for my growing company. I don’t have the hours to hire a full time employee but with contracting out a few hours a week, it will allow me to expand my business and hopefully have the hours […]
How to Interview a Virtual Assistant
You’ve reviewed twenty applications and narrowed your list to three strong candidates. Their resumes look similar: administrative experience, tool proficiency, professional references. You hired the last person based on a great conversation, and she was gone in six weeks because the role wasn’t what either of you expected. The interview is where the real differentiation […]
HireMyMom Success Story: Lakeya White – Dominguez
Tell us about you and your experience finding work on HireMyMom. Joining hiremymom.com in August was a blessing for me. After watching my oldest graduate preschool, I realized just how fast time flies and knew I couldn’t get those precious moments back! Now I have a 2nd chance with my 1-year-old. I love my career, […]
Essential Remote Tools for Virtual Professionals in 2026
You land a promising interview with a small business owner who needs a virtual assistant. She asks whether you’re set up to work remotely right now: project management tools, secure file sharing, professional video calls. You hesitate, because the truth is you’ve been using your personal Gmail and a shared family laptop. The interview moves […]
The 2026 Employment Trends Reshaping Remote Work
A graphic designer who runs a three-person studio has been trying to hire a remote project coordinator for six weeks. She requires a bachelor’s degree and three years of experience because that’s what her own job listing looked like when she was hired fifteen years ago. She’s gotten twelve applicants, most underqualified. Her business partner […]
Integrating a Remote Assistant Into Your Existing Workflow
You finally hired a virtual assistant. She’s qualified, motivated, and ready to start. She asks where to begin, and you realize you don’t have an answer. The tasks that consume your week live inside your head, your habits, and a tangle of browser tabs and mental checklists that have never been written down. She’s waiting […]