Both big and small companies are struggling to onboard new employees. In fact, over 40% of small businesses have unfilled job openings. But why is hiring so hard right now? In episode one of Netsuite's Growth Hacks, a series covering how to scale your business, Ramon and several experts answer this question and more. Kedma...
For a small business owner, there's temptation to handle every aspect of your business by yourself. This happens in most cases whether you are starting or have been running the business for a while. Letting go of different aspects of your business is not easy. However, hiring a virtual assistant could be just what...
Do you feel stuck growing your business? Do you struggle to maintain a work-life balance? Or do you feel overwhelming to run day-to-day business operations? If your answer to these questions is YES, then my friend, you need a business coach. From product development to customer acquisition to financial planning, there are tons of tasks...
Is it time to hire a publicist to help spread the insights you have? Over the past over 20 years, I've been blessed and honored to be featured in a variety of media, including Inc, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, Small Business Trends, and many other podcasts and publications. In an effort to reach...
Business owners do a lot of things they shouldn’t be doing, and administrative tasks are at the top of the list. Every hour scheduling or rescheduling calls and meetings, adding people to your contacts or CRM, answering the phone, checking email and all the other stuff that someone else is better and faster at...
Let me let you in on a little secret—you don’t have to do it all. Business owners are often burdened with the (unrealistic) expectation of accomplishing everything. Your job is to run the business. You will inevitably come to a point in the growth of your business where you’ll need to hand off any...
Picture this: your business is expanding and it’s time to hire your first round of employees. Congrats, that’s quite a milestone! All you need to do now is fill out the right business forms, draft role descriptions, create a job application, find great candidates, review resumes, have them fill out all the necessary paperwork,...
A few weeks ago I was helping a good friend and his wife and business partner produce and staff his first exhibit at a small trade show. It was me and another experienced and mature business professional, who were helping. Hiring interns was one option, it would have been very low cost, but instead...
Hiring the right people, the right way is important. Managing your team and helping them grow your business is a challenge. On 7 May, on the occasion of Small Business Week join entrepreneur Ramon Ray, Jaime Lizotte HR expert with ComplyRight, entrepreneur Becca Brown, The Sole Mates (featured on Shark Tank) and Robert Zabbia , The Zabbia...
Chris Baker is the CFO of Goodwill of Silicon Valley and he's honored to work for a non-profit like the Goodwill which is making an impact on the lives of people. Their mission is to get individuals who have employment barriers back into the workforce. Who are these people? They could be seniors, veterans...
