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Onboarding Post-COVID

December 16, 2020/in Videos /by BOOST

Now that award season is in full swing, many companies are hiring to fill open opportunities. Yet, the whole process looks different. We aren’t meeting people in person for interviews, our “first impressions” are only as good as our video connectivity, and once hired, now you have to prepare them for a mostly-virtual environment. So, […]

Takeaways from the CMMC Institute

December 11, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

On Wednesday, December 9th the govmates Institute hosted experts from the SC&H Group to provide timely insight on the DoD Interim Rule for CMMC (effective Dec. 1, 2020). During this discussion the panelists provided information regarding: • NIST Certifications and their correlation with CMMC Self-Evaluation Standards • A brief overview of important scorecard notes and how they apply to Small Businesses • The Interim Rule and what […]

Budgeting for GovCons 2022 – Do You Get December-itis

December 1, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

December starts a very interesting month for those in business. It’s usually the winding-down of a calendar year with holidays, celebrations, and a chance to breathe. This year, as we already know, is one like no other. With less opportunity to party or travel it allows for the time to look ahead, set new goals, […]

Protest Basics for GovCons: Pre-Award, Post-Award, and the Process

November 10, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

Recently BOOST’s Director of Contracts Robin Desmore and Maria Panichelli, Partner and the Chair of the Government Contracting department at Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP discussed the first of a two-part virtual series on the Protest Basics: Pre-Award, Post-Award, and the Process. You can view the replay of the event here. Here are some […]

GovCon Leadership Issues – Whack a Mole Leadership

November 4, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

Perhaps it’s the chaos of 2022 or maybe we all are trying to multi-task more than ever, but I’ve seen an uptick in what I would describe as “whack-a-mole” leadership. You know, where one week there is a push to go in one direction. The next week, that initiative changes or falls off the radar, […]

The Power of Digital Events For GovCons

October 20, 2020/in Uncategorized /by BOOST

Editor’s Note: This Article Has Been Updated April 12, 2023 Are you Zoomed or webinar-ed out yet? Many GovCon employees are feeling the Zoom-Gloom as it’s often referred to and for good reason. While there’s a new webinar opportunity (or several) every week, it may feel overwhelming to know which to attend and which to avoid. […]

Employer Branding & Your GovCon Recruiting Strategy

Employer Branding | | The Missing Piece of Your Recruiting Strategy

October 6, 2020/in Advice, Services /by BOOST

Editor’s Note: This Article Has Been Updated on September 20, 2022 Here’s a little–known fact: GovCon recruiting is the money-making department you didn’t know you had. If your GovCon recruiting strategy is considering your employer brand, and your hiring process reflects that brand through great candidate experience, then your employee retention rates should be looking great and your […]

No Meeting Wednesday

September 23, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

We recently implemented “No Meeting Wednesday” here at BOOST after piloting the program with our leadership. First note: we HIGHLY recommend it. Here are some thoughts/considerations on the experience, from a back-office GovCon services perspective. What was the Driving Force? I don’t know about you, but we are spending ENDLESS hours on Zoom or Teams […]

consistency in marketing | GovCon Marketing | GovCon Marketing Strategy

Marketing Your Business, Consistency is Key

September 16, 2020/in Business Development, Services /by BOOST

Do us a favor and imagine our best James Earl Jones impression “…and if you’ll look to your inbox, everyone is writing about COVID.” We know, we know. While we may be exhausted by the constant deluge of COVID this, and social distancing that, the fact remains that the way we do business now has changed. Forever. This doesn’t […]

Employee Ghosting | Announcing an Employee Leaving | How to Deal with Employee Leaving

Preparing for the Unthinkable

August 19, 2020/in Advice /by BOOST

No one prepares you or tells you what to do if you lose an employee (abducted by aliens, ghosted, or the absolute worst, if they pass away). Never mind if they are a trusted member of your leadership team. There’s no playbook. SHRM provides one article with cold notification text for telling your employees. There […]