24 What is your typical What do you wish at-work uniform or attire? you’d known at the beginWe dress appropriatening of your career? ly depending on the client. Everything happens for We work with a lot of a reason, and hard work blue-collar companies, so pays off. It’s all worth it if we’re going on site into in the end. a shop or something, we’re not going in wearing heels; What do you wish othwe tend to dress down a er people knew about bit. … We’re about to instiyour job? tute ‘Hoodie Mondays’ I wish people knew — we have logoed hoodies that HR isn’t scary. We — because Mondays are Alison Milioto. like to say, ‘We put the Alison Milioto is a human resource consultant at BlueLion, a woman-owned and typically an office day for fun back in HR.’ -operated HR and operations consulting company based in Manchester, serving most of our staff; we don’t go out on site. Of small to mid-sized companies throughout New England. course, if I’m working at home, I have what What was the first job you ever had? I like to call ‘a Zoom mullet,’ which is busiI started working at McDonald’s when I Explain your job. town, and I know what small businesses ness [attire] on the top and PJs on the bottom. was a teenager. I worked there for six years We assist clients with every- do for small town communities. I always and was actually a manager by the time I thing HR-related — maintaining saw owners of companies not knowing How has your job changed over the left. compliance with regulations, how to make the right decisions, so we course of the pandemic? assisting with employee relations, answering really started this business because we We’ve grown drastically, especially at What’s the best piece of work-related lots of questions. A lot of [issues] our clients saw a need. We wanted to help small busi- the beginning of the pandemic, when every- advice you’ve ever received? have seem very simple, but when you get into nesses be able to get time back in their thing was happening so fast with the PPP Everything is temporary. This too shall it, it’s always more complicated, so we try to day and not have to worry about com- loans and the Families First Coronavirus pass. — Angie Sykeny decomplicate the complications around HR. pliance; let a plumber be a plumber and Response Act. We got an influx of clients not have to worry about a Department of coming to us [saying], ‘We can’t keep up.’ Five favorites How long have you had this job? Labor audit. They didn’t know when to lay people off or I’ve been in HR in general for 15 years, when to bring people back or how to handle Favorite book: Matilda and at this business for four years. What kind of education or training did all the changes in regulations. … Pre-Covid, Favorite movie: Erin Brockovich you need? [the staff] was just my business partner and Favorite music: Country What led you to this career field and your I’m certified in HR. I have my SHRM- me. Now, we have eight employees, and Favorite food: Italian Favorite thing about NH: We have some current job? SCP [Senior Certified Professional] we’re about to hire two more. of the nicest people. I grew up in New Hampshire in a small certification, and I also have an MBA. CAREERS
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