by Juliet Aurora | Jul 26, 2013 | Business Challenges, Business Owners, Business Strategy
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...
by Juliet Aurora | Jun 25, 2013 | Business Owners
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...
by Juliet Aurora | Jul 22, 2012 | Accounting, Accounting Software, Bookkeeping, Business Challenges, Business Owners, Industry News and Views
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...
by Juliet Aurora | Feb 4, 2011 | Business Strategy, Human Resources, Industry News and Views
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...
by IreneLis | Nov 17, 2010 | Business Challenges, Business Owners, Business Strategy, Human Resources
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...
