I would love to tell you that I started this business because I saw a need in the small business HR space that I knew I could fill. It would be nice to hear that I have been passionate about helping startups and starting my own firm to do so for my entire adult life.

 

But I would be lying.

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"I started this business for me…and my family."

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After my layoff, and with a 3 month old at home, I had some hard decisions to make. Do I take time off and be mom for a while? Do I work part-time? Do I jump right back into full time work? Decisions all new parents make I think, but most get to make those decisions on their own terms. Quitting a job so they can stay home or dropping down to part-time after a while because they decide it helps them better manage their family life.

I was forced to make the decision.

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In my short-time from being laid off and starting this business (less than a year) I learned some hard truths about job seeker stigmas. Specifically, those individuals who had taken time off and were re-entering the workforce.

I went on an interview 3 months after being laid off. Three months. The interviewer acted as though I had been out for 20 years. She asked me what I had been doing to keep my skills relevant. I asked her what she thought had changed in Human Resources in three months. I didn’t get the job.

Realizing that I was fighting an uphill battle in re-entering the workforce after even a few months off and truly wanting to better balance my work and personal life in a way that a traditional 8-5 would not afford, I started the business.

And now I’m determined to build it through the same type of people.

“We have a word for racial discrimination and discrimination based on age, but not for the treatment of people whose abilities are discredited because they decided to focus on their personal life for a few years. These are exactly the people I want to hire. They want to re-enter the workforce and are thrilled to be able to do so while still managing things personally. They are motivated and I’ll take motivation over no gaps on a resume any day.”

 

Sabrina Baker, Founder / CEO