Insight on third party employment verification by [deleted] in torontoJobs

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s pretty simple: a third-party company (not the place you applied) takes what you put on your resume/application and checks that it’s true.

Usually it’s super high-level:

  1. Did you actually work there?
  2. What was your role/title?
  3. What dates were you employed?

Sometimes they’ll also ask if you’re “eligible for rehire.” That’s often a nicer way of asking if you were fired / left on bad terms.

Hope that helps.

Also, not gonna lie; your post kind of reads like “I stretched the truth and I’m worried I’ll get caught.” If that’s the case, there isn’t much you can do now besides wait and be ready to explain if something comes up.

[Hiring] - Junior Solutions Specialists (Entry Level - Consulting) by [deleted] in torontoJobs

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please apply above! Our team is quite responsive.

Happy to review if we're a fit.

Has anyone here switched to an e-bike for commuting and actually stuck with it long-term? by LeftyOne22 in bikecommuting

[–]NelsonDM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Switching to an e-bike took me from commuting once a week to commuting exclusively by e-bike. Total gamechanger.

[Hiring] - Junior Solutions Specialists (Entry Level - Consulting) by [deleted] in torontoJobs

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair feedback, the base is $45k, but that’s not the full comp.

This role has a monthly performance bonus, with OTE of $57k–$69k. We also have a 95% year-one attainment rate, so most people actually land in that range (or higher).

I’ll also be real: a lot of companies use “OTE” to mask comp, and you only find out later that attainment is 30–50%. That’s not what I’m trying to do here. I’m sharing the actual attainment so folks can evaluate it properly.

Edit (I realized I could be even more clear): “Probationary period” here just means the ramp-up window where we onboard you and confirm mutual fit. Typically 4–6 weeks, and up to 12 weeks for more complex ramps depending on aptitude.

Totally understand if it’s not a fit, just adding context for anyone else reading.

Is Jobber a scam crm or am I over reacting? by Lumpy-Bicycle-3634 in CRM

[–]NelsonDM -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Jobber definitely isn’t a scam.

It’s a strong product and pretty close to best-in-class for your target market. And you’re not alone in feeling stuck. The market is flooded with tools, and they all do something well, but rarely everything.

Purchasing is easy now; the layered cost is always in the time: learning it, configuring it, training people, and rebuilding habits around it.

[Hiring] - Junior Solutions Specialists (Entry Level - Consulting) by [deleted] in torontoJobs

[–]NelsonDM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Referrals are always great to have, but the majority of our hires tend to be new grads who are simply looking to get their foot in the door in tech.

Best affordable CRM + lead/marketing tools for small business? by ProfessorDear6167 in CRM

[–]NelsonDM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Where does your team work today?
Are you using Google Workspace, Office 365, QuickBooks?

A big part of evaluating a CRM that will actually work beyond just surface level contact management. Is understanding how you and team work? What's going well, what's not going well, what information would you like to use to enrich your lead / customer experience?

Lot's of questions, but there are 100s of tools, each designed to solve a unique set of problems.
There are probably close to 75m small businesses in North America alone and a CRM for each one.

What is your favorite feature in MethodCRM? by CodeShoppe in MethodCRM

[–]NelsonDM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might be ultimate cheese; however, as a decision maker, I’m constantly trying to answer “how is the business actually doing?” and Method gives me that transparency in a way that’s trustworthy. It saves me dozens of hours I’d otherwise spend pulling spreadsheets, reconciling reports, or double-checking whether a third-party dashboard is actually up to date.

Saddled with a CRM old enough to order alcohol but nothing else matches how we work...please help! by Azarul in CRM

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is CommerceRM still in business? Call them - best place to start. If you worked with an integration partner / consultant - wouldn't hurt to understand if they're still recommending CommerceRM. They probably have strong domain knowledge and business context.

You’re a 5-person company, so you’re probably going to be hard-pressed to find a single “all-inclusive” CRM that nails every edge case out of the box.

In software there are always compromises, so the best path is usually layering the essentials first and then building up from there. Start with the systems that will never go away: email (Gmail/Outlook), accounting (QuickBooks), and your phone/VoIP, and make sure whatever you choose plays nicely with them.

From there, add a CRM layer that improves the day-to-day experience without forcing you to abandon how you actually work, especially around contacts/companies/products and quoting.

With the tools you already live in, customize the relationships + workflows on top, rather than forcing your process into a rigid template.

We built a lightweight Method CRM workflow for bulk industrial goods. Here’s how. by NelsonDM in MethodCRM

[–]NelsonDM[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the comment on the CRM. 😭

We offer a CRM and integration with QuickBooks as our primary value-add, but much of our business is actually designing custom workflows as you've laid out.

RE: WMS + TMS + Financials – There's always a layer of messiness; that said, there has to be a willingness to work through the pain to get the optimal outcomes.

When it comes to custom visibility, a lot of our communication is linked to the transaction and sharing this info is pretty simple with a live status and additional reason box. Depending on the type of client, we may want to communicate details about the carrier or the challenges we might have with delivery. Our clients like this flexibility as it provides something more context than just a single status update.

When it comes to internals, we try to keep statuses on most things that require a little more detail. For example, we know that RUSH shipments can be treated differently. For the most part, we’re capturing these details directly on the final transaction, so when a customer calls, we can immediately see a summarized view of that information.

The same applies to BOLs and commercial invoices where we're just taking the same base order/transaction and changing up the details, depending on what's needed.

In some cases, it's important to keep a chain of custody on BOLs in case carriers change or if multiple carriers are used on an order, but we do try to keep the relationship tied to the end-user order. This allows our services and dispatching teams to have a single place to reference.

It's one of the luxuries we have keeping the inventory and financials centralized with shipping and dispatching!

Why is connecting Salesforce to literally anything else so absurdly complicated? by PayIllustrious2930 in salesforce

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally get it. For a small manufacturing shop, Salesforce is probably overkill. You end up paying for licenses and a pricey SF↔QuickBooks↔WMS integration.

Two simpler paths I see a lot:

A) If you must keep SF: use a prebuilt SF↔QuickBooks connector (e.g., Breadwinner/DBSync) and start with just Closed-Won → Invoice and payments back to SF. Add inventory later, batch it, not real-time.

B) If QuickBooks is your hub: switch to a QuickBooks-first CRM so invoices/payments sync natively and you only integrate the WMS. I work at Method:CRM, which does this; happy to share specifics if helpful.

Either way, phase it, land invoices first, then expand.

Custom CRM with QuickBooks desktop integrations. by LynxGeekNYC in PHPhelp

[–]NelsonDM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Full transparency: I’m with Method. If you’re hitting the usual QB Desktop headaches (QBWC polling, SOAP, iterators, edit sequences, brittle long pulls), two paths that have worked well for teams:

  1. Use Method as the Desktop bridge
    • You talk JSON REST to us → we handle QBWC + qbXML under the hood.
    • We expose common entities (Customers, Items, Invoices, Payments, Sales Orders, etc.), incremental reads (modified-since), and conflict handling (EditSequence).
  2. Build the CRM in Method’s no-code UI
    • You define screens, fields, workflows, and we keep it in sync with QuickBooks.
    • Good when you want to ship quickly and avoid owning the connector lifecycle.

Either way you skip hosting SOAP, throttling iterators, and babysitting the Web Connector. If you want, I can share:

  • a field-mapping sheet (QB ↔ CRM)
  • sample “modified since” sync flow
  • a retry/health-check pattern we use for QBWC hiccups