For Small Business

Front desk training

Finding & keeping the right front desk staff is challenging. Get 6 best practices and 8 free templates created specifically for front desk training, hiring, and managing.

Why your Canadian Employees must sign their Employment Contract before their First Day at Work.

It's critical that your business obtains employee sign off and acceptance of their terms and conditions of employment prior to the employee's first day of work. Here's why and some tips. 

At this point, we're all likely familiar with the Waksdale v Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391 (Waksdale) case, in which the Ontario Court of Appeal held that termination clauses in employment agreements are read as a whole. But what does that mean for the rest of Canada?

COVID-19. Tackle your HR for Small Business Projects

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, small businesses are especially susceptible to an economic slowdown, but this may be an opportunity to dust off your HR for small business projects. 

10 Reasons Your Small Business Needs an Employee Handbook

No matter how many employees you have, an employee manual or employee handbook is an essential tool for running your business.

Have you created your employee handbook yet?

Become a consultant

Do you think being a consultant is sexy? Or boring?

Spoiler alert! You'll be leaning towards sexy by the end of this article.

Small Business Trends 2020

New year - new innovations, new competition, new trends.

Find out what small business trends are emerging in 2020 and how they can help your business stay ahead of the game.

Lifelong Learning: the key to an evolving workplace

Every 5 years, your skills are about ½ as valuable as they were before. 

Some canned goods have a longer shelf life! (I’m picturing myself rummaging through my cupboard throwing out cans, each labelled with a skill I’ve accumulated over the years, half of which are no longer useful to me. The thought hurts a little.)

Q:  If you could go back in time, would you still choose to run ConnectsUs as a virtual workforce?

Are you Cut out to Work from Home?

You roll out of bed, commute to the next room, and spend the day completing a report in your pajamas. Sounds like the dream, right? Well, that depends.