Building A Professional Network Without Leaving Home
You haven’t worked in a professional setting in three years, and the word “networking” makes you think of conference rooms and cocktail hours you can’t attend. Your LinkedIn profile still lists your old title. The people you interact with daily are other parents at school pickup, neighbors, your church committee, and friends in a group […]
Navigating Your First Remote Hire
She’s run her digital marketing agency for eleven years with a two-person office team. Now one is relocating and the other is cutting back hours, and for the first time she’s considering hiring someone who will never sit across the hall. She knows remote work is common but she’s never managed it, and the version […]
How to Create A Contractor Relationship That Lasts
You hired a virtual assistant last month to manage your inbox and schedule. She’s talented and reliable. Three weeks in, you’ve also asked her to draft client proposals, update your website copy, create a monthly newsletter, and research vendors for a new software tool. None of this was in the original scope, and you haven’t […]
5 Remote Skills You Can Learn This Weekend
You’re ready to start looking for remote work, and you’ve spent the last hour scrolling through listings that feel like they were written for someone else. “Proficiency in CRM software.” “Email marketing experience required.” “QuickBooks preferred.” You’ve never touched these tools, and with each listing the gap between where you are and where you need […]
The Economic Force That Small Businesses Keep Undervaluing
A small business owner in Austin needs a bookkeeper for 15 hours a week. She budgets $18 an hour and expects basic QuickBooks data entry. The person she hires is a former corporate controller with 12 years at a Fortune 500 company who stepped away to raise her kids. Within the first month, this hire […]
What DIY Hiring Actually Costs Your Small Business
You needed a virtual assistant three weeks ago. You wrote the job description between client calls, posted it on two boards during lunch, and told yourself you’d review applications that evening. That was twelve days ago. The applications are sitting in your inbox because a client project ran long, your bookkeeper had questions about quarterly […]
How to Build Proof of What You Can Do Before You Ever Apply
You’ve been out of the workforce for four years. You know you’re capable, but every time you sit down to update your resume, the same thought surfaces: what do I actually put here? You managed a household budget, coordinated schedules for three kids, and ran communications for your neighborhood association, but none of that has […]
What Flexibility Actually Looks Like When It Works for Both Sides
A small business owner posts a remote role described as “flexible hours” and receives 200 applications. She hires someone talented, then three weeks in, sends a Slack message at 9:30 AM expecting an immediate response, schedules a team call at 2:45 PM on a Tuesday, and asks for a deliverable by end of day with […]
How to Build a Real Company Culture When Your Team Works from Home
Most small business owners think of company culture as something that forms naturally when people spend time together. In an office, that’s partially true. But when your team is distributed, culture doesn’t happen by accident. It happens through the systems you build for how your team communicates, handles problems, and makes decisions without you in […]
How to Find Safe Remote Work: Inside HireMyMom’s Rigorous Job Screening Process
If you’ve ever searched for remote work online, you know the landscape is a minefield. The listing promising $5,000 a week for “simple tasks.” The recruiter who wants your bank account number before your first interview. The company that doesn’t exist outside of a polished landing page. For moms trying to find legitimate flexible work, […]