One of the biggest challenges of running a business is choosing and recruiting the right candidates for a position. Not only do they need to have the right qualifications, education and experience for the job, they also need to have a personality fit with the rest of my team at the office.
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This last weekend was the first one in a while that we’ve had some nice weather, and where I’ve had a non-working weekend. I spent most of it either in the greenhouses around town or in my backyard planting what I bought and tending my perennials. I do love gardening although my definition of gardening […]
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Since my post of July 16th has convinced you to let go of your bookkeeping and outsource it to a bookkeeper, the next question arises is to Who Do I Hire? Although good bookkeeping is fundamental to the success of a business, unfortunately in Canada it is an unregulated industry. What does that mean? Basically […]
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Often business owners are perplexed by this simple question – How do I know if I have a good bookkeeper? It is not only expected that the entrepreneur has to be a champion at what he or she is good at doing i.e. make and sell his/her products but also be able to correctly evaluate […]
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Building a team, be it a business team or a sports team, requires the ability to select players who have the qualifications AND fit with the rest of the team AND want to be a part of it. Yet, so many organisations do not apply an objective process to recruitment and then wonder why their new hires don't "work out".
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If employee issues distract you from your organization’s goals, then your Human Resources (“HR”) practices are working against you. Sound basic HR practices are essential to effective employment relationships and are so powerful when applied consistently and well that most companies don’t need anything else.
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