Jumpstart:HR Named to Inc.’s Inaugural Power Partner Awards

Jumpstart:HR Named to Inc.’s Inaugural Power Partner Awards

Roundup highlights B2B partners that support startups across all business functions and empower growth

 

Inc. Business Media today announced the inaugural Power Partner Awards, honoring B2B organizations across the globe that have proven track records supporting entrepreneurs and helping startups grow. The list recognizes 252 firms in marketing and advertising, health and human resources, financial planning, engineering, logistics, and security, as well as other areas of business.

All 252 companies received top marks from clients for being instrumental in helping leadership navigate the dynamic world of startups. These B2B partners support entrepreneurs across various facets of the business, including hiring, compliance, infrastructure development, cloud migration, fundraising, etc., allowing founders to focus on their core missions.

“Trusted B2B partners provide guidance and expertise that founders rely on at various steps of their organization’s journey. Partners that possess a demonstrated ability to deliver quality support are at the core of entrepreneurship and help bring big ideas to life,” says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. Business media.

Jumpstart:HR President/CEO Joey Price says the following about this award:
“The recognition that Inc. provides winners of the Inaugural ‘Power Partners’ list will be a great benefit for Jumpstart. We’ve spent a decade developing custom solutions for winning startups and small businesses and this feels like a congratulatory ‘job well done!’ We plan to maximize the awareness and recognition this award provides by reminding our current clients of the caliber of our team, encouraging new team members to join a thriving remote-first organization, and encouraging current team members that our mission is one worth chasing together. At Jumpstart, we believe that employees desire and deserve to work for an organization where they enjoy Monday morning just as much as most enjoy Friday evening. We look forward to building upon this honor by bringing our drive and outcomes to more organizations across the United States.”

Since 2011, Jumpstart:HR has been providing innovative approaches to shaping culture at some of the top performing organizations across the US. Our approach to workplace culture, compliance, recruitment, and employee relations has supported organizations from restaurants to non-profits. More specifically, Jumpstart’s success has been working with firms in the following industries:

  • Professional Services
  • Digital Services
  • Non-Profit Organizations
  • Government Contracting Agencies
  • Hospitality, Restaurant, and Retail
  • And more…

While a hallmark of Jumpstart’s service offering is confidentiality, clients go on to support causes and organizations that are highly visible. Our client organizations provide direct services and support to brands like:

  • Meta (Formerly Facebook)
  • The NFL (National Football League)
  • Numerous Several Federal and State Government Agencies (Ex.: The Small Business Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

And the following causes on a national and international scale:

  • Gun Violence Prevention
  • Remedying Food Insecurity
  • Health and Fitness

About the Power Partners Evaluation Process Inc. partnered with leading global social and media intelligence platform Meltwater to develop a proprietary methodology that uses a sentiment from online conversations about organizations and translates it into numerical scores. Companies were evaluated on commitment, reliability, trust, creativity, supportiveness, and other virtues that offer value to clients. Inc. also conducted surveys to gather client testimonials as part of the process.

To view the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/power-partner-awards/2022

The November 2022 Issue of Inc. magazine is available online now at https://www.inc.com/magazine and will be on newsstands beginning November 8, 2022.

About Inc. Business Media
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit http://www.inc.com.

ABOUT JUMPSTART:HR
Jumpstart:HR is an outsourcing human resources firm providing innovative and fresh ways to drive human performance and interconnectivity in the workplace that meet the needs of emerging small businesses and teams. They are professionals with the experience and passion for transforming and inspiring workplace culture. Jumpstart:HR is committed to building better businesses and lending their expertise to solve organizations’ most complex people problems.

To learn more about Jumpstart:HR, visit https://www.jumpstart-hr.com or follow us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.

Press Contact:
Kyerra Hawthorne
klindsay@jumpstart-hr [dot] com
844-907-0731
@jumpstarthr

[Podcast] After #MeToo: Changing The Way We Work

[Podcast] After #MeToo: Changing The Way We Work

The following post is originally shared on the website of Georgia Public Broadcasting. Jumpstart:HR CEO Joey Price lends his comments to the global conversation surrounding the #metoo movement and addressing sexual harassment at work.

“#MeToo is not only a movement about sexual harassment. As Rebecca Traister put it in The Cut, it’s a reckoning for the way we work, and a call to change the power dynamics leading to sexual abuse. We talk with people who dedicate, in different ways, their professional lives to understanding toxic work environments and how to dismantle them.  Erica Clemmons is the Georgia State Director for 9 to 5; Marie Mitchell is a professor of management at the University of Georgia’s business school; and Joey Price is the CEO of Jumpstart:HR, a human resources consulting firm based in Baltimore.” – Source

 

If your business needs to re-evaluate it’s sexual harassment policy in 2018, contact us now.

What to do if you’re not qualified for a job

Job seekers, Imagine this scenario:

You’re on the web and you come across your “dream job.”  The job is just perfect for you but there’s just one important thing missing…

Your “qualifications.”

If you’ve ever been in that situation, I’m pretty sure you’ve heard one of two things after you applied for the job:

“Thank you for your application, however we have decided to go with someone more qualified at this time.”

or… “…silence… no response…”

The match for job seeker and employer is no different than any other relationship. The employer is looking for the “best fit” and if you don’t have the qualifications, it is not in your best interest to apply for the job and here’s why:

It makes you look bad. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve come across resumes for candidates who have expressed interest in a position but did not have the desired qualifications. No matter if you are an employed job seeker or an unemployed job seeker, job search is not a charity, it is a serious business decision. So, if you are not qualified then you have to understand that it’s nothing personal against you but you just do not meet the minimum expectations and HR may question why – after reading the job description – did you even seriously consider applying for the job.

You get really paranoid. Nothing invokes paranoia more than waiting on something you’re not qualified for. Why?  Because on one hand you know you’re not qualified and on the other hand you are hoping feverishly that the employer thinks you are. That’s a recipe for disaster and high blood pressure. Increase your odds of actually establishing a connection by applying for jobs that you are qualified for and you may notice more call backs from employers who are looking for your skill set and background.

The odds are against you. Your unqualified resume in a pile of highly qualified resumes is just a small fish and a large pond of really large fish. We have this backwards psychology that goes into effect when we see a job that we’re not qualified for. It says “no one else is qualified for this either” or “this is perfect for me and no one else!” Unfortunately, those two things aren’t true and in fact the truth is the exact opposite. I can tell you from experience that recruiters who post jobs online have to go through a ton of resumes. Some good and mostly bad. If you want to stand out, apply for a job that you excel at and not one that is out of your range.

Leadership Takeaway: Culture begins with you. Teach your recruiters to source and interview only the best talent for the job. If you create a culture of greatness then it is very easy to spot and shy away from talent that cannot compete in your organization.

Human Resources Takeaway: Training your recruiters on the key skills to look for in qualified candidates will help ensure time isn’t wasted with candidates who do not fit what you are looking for. Utilize key automated screening tools that prevent job seekers who don’t qualify from even applying to the position.

Professional Development Takeaway: If you’re not a fit, that can be a good thing. Understand that by obtaining the desired qualifications, you can one day be qualified. Also, if you were to be hired for the position and you couldn’t keep up with it then you would be looking at possible termination or re-assignment. No one wants that. Take your time.

To see more job search strategies in my latest book “Never Miss the Mark: Career search strategies provided by HR Pros.