Small Business – The Facts Small Business Week: October 19-25, 2014 Small businesses in Atlantic Canada play a significant part in our economy and each October we take a week to celebrate these organizations. The impact of small businesses may surprise many. Canada has over 1.1 million businesses in operation, and just over 98% of […]
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It’s Not A Termination, It’s Alumni Building
“I feel more like an Alumni than someone who just go fired”! – Terminated employee at the conclusion of the termination meeting. Terminating an employee, or group of employees as the case may be, is not a pleasant experience for either party. It’s even a little less pleasant when termination(s) isn’t based on poor […]
Job Descriptions – the Foundation Document of Any Good HR System
We talk to small business owners and the answer to “do you have job descriptions” is less than promising. Some business owners don’t have them and see no value in having them, erroneously believing job descriptions limit workplace flexibility. Others have job descriptions of-sorts but they are far from complete. Very few business owners have […]