Back to Basics: How to Start (and Scale) a Staffing Firm of Your Own

Back to Basics: How to Start (and Scale) a Staffing Firm of Your Own

Starting your staffing firm can be an exciting entrepreneurial opportunity, especially when so many businesses have openings that they are struggling to fill.  Getting your financials in order and gaining ample staffing experience before starting your firm is essential — and even then, success is no guarantee. Entrepreneurship always carries risk (especially if you’re leaving…

Staffing Firms: 6 Best Practices for Making the Right Hire (the First Time Around)

Staffing Firms: 6 Best Practices for Making the Right Hire (the First Time Around)

While staffing firms are often primarily focused on helping other businesses fill their open positions, growing your team is going to be necessary, too. The right hire can bolster your team’s productivity and help you fulfill client projects more effectively than ever. On the other hand, a bad hire could be a significant setback for…

How myBasePay Will Make a Splash at TechServe Alliance’s Executive Summit 2021

How myBasePay Will Make a Splash at TechServe Alliance’s Executive Summit 2021

The TechServe Alliance Executive Summit is coming up on November 17 through 19 at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Fernandina Beach, Florida — and myBasePay is poised to make a bigger splash at this year’s event than ever before.  myBasePay has already impacted the industry with its participation in the 2021 Collaboration In the Gig…

Why the DE&I Factor Is So Critical In Today’s Evolving World of Work

Why the DE&I Factor Is So Critical In Today’s Evolving World of Work

Diversity isn’t just a buzzword or talking point. In today’s evolving world of work, a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) has become increasingly recognized as a vital component for any organization’s success. While DE&I has indeed received greater attention in light of the charged events of 2020, it is more than just a…

Meet MyBasePay: This Startup Will Help Scale The Freelance Revolution

Meet MyBasePay: This Startup Will Help Scale The Freelance Revolution

I’m an occasional angel investor in HR tech. One of the factors I look for when considering an investment is the relationship among the founders. There is quite a bit of data that makes the case that co-founding entrepreneurs who stick together generate better business performance than startups where some members of the founding team move on. A piece…

myBasePay Secures Funding to Enable Distributed Workforces in South Florida And Beyond

myBasePay Secures Funding to Enable Distributed Workforces in South Florida And Beyond

The pandemic has fundamentally reshaped where and how we work. As one entrepreneur and member of Forbes’ Technology Council puts it, “the distributed workforce is here to stay.” But with a distributed workforce comes a host of operational and legal headaches, from dealing with an increasingly complicated payroll to ensuring tax compliance. While a large…

The Top 7 Reasons Your Staffing Firm Is Unable to Scale
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The Top 7 Reasons Your Staffing Firm Is Unable to Scale

As with any other business, you want your staffing firm to scale significantly over time. Onboarding new clients and retaining existing clients provide essential growth opportunities that drive revenue and exposure for your firm. Unfortunately, many staffing firms find themselves held back by one or several issues that keep them from scaling successfully. In extreme…

5 Tell-Tale Signs It’s Time Your Business Engage an Employer of Record (EOR)

5 Tell-Tale Signs It’s Time Your Business Engage an Employer of Record (EOR)

Change is one of the only constants in business, and the signs that point to its necessity can appear in all sorts of forms. Internal processes can quickly become complicated and overwhelming to manage appropriately for those undergoing rapid growth with a global network. While this might be stressful within the moment, it often signifies…

6 Proven Ways Businesses Can Mitigate Risk When Onboarding Independent Contractors

6 Proven Ways Businesses Can Mitigate Risk When Onboarding Independent Contractors

While independent contractors have long been part of the workforce, the rise of the “gig economy” has made this type of employee far more commonplace than in the past. According to Statista, roughly 59 million Americans did some level of freelancing work in 2020. Regardless of whether someone does all their work as an independent…