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Sometimes, when you're self-employed, you can feel like a small fish in a ginormous pond. But there are ways to really make yourself stand out in the business world and get noticed. And you might be surprised by how simple (yet effective) these ideas can be.
More of us are working from home these days, and with the pandemic dragging on and the winter setting in, you can start to feel stir-crazy being stuck in the house. Stick to these 4 rules to stay sane while working at home and make the next few months (hopefully) as stress-free as possible.
I've failed. Yep, I admit it. It's happened more than once, and I'm glad it did, each and every time it happened.
For those of us who work from home, adding our kids into at the at-home working equation has been no easy feat. As we head into another school year, perhaps making a co-working space for you and your child is a more streamlined, efficient way of going about designing your office area at home…
As a freelancer, I am amazed at how many press releases I receive in a day, and how many of them have no use to me.
I've been doing this work-from-home thing for 11 years. Seven years ago, when I had my son, I did what I could working from home with a baby, and by 2 years old, we enrolled him in daycare two times a week. I filled those glorious hours with emails and articles and brainstorming notes, and f…
As we all spend more time at home, many of us are moving workspaces into our homes. EQ3 recently put out a media release with ideas to make the home office more productive and help homeowners rest zones for recharging a little more inviting.
As you'll be aware, business is changing rapidly. With the introduction of social media and sophisticated technology, the face of business has completely changed.
It's time to unplug.
There’s something that you may not have guessed causing friction and slowing your business down. It’s not just workers who are doing it, it’s management, too. As a result, this mystery issue is making everyone’s jobs much more difficult. You guessed right; bad business writing is the culprit.
Social media has made a massive impact on our lives. There are countless discussions on whether it has improved or worsened our society. People often comment on how social media changed the way we socialize, introduced new occupations, or affected youth’s self-esteem. But what about education?
Working from home can afford you lots of scheduling flexibility, but physically working at home can also be difficult. There are lots of distractions, from chores to a fully-stocked kitchen, to every-day disruptions like the phone or doorbell. So here are 5 places to work other than home whe…
Staples Canada recently introduced a national partnership with Canadian style icon and champion of entrepreneurs, Joe Mimran, called Joe’s Perfect Picks, a press release recently announced. This line of Staples Canada products was hand-selected by Joe himself in order to inspire Canadians to…
I am a busy mom and entrepreneur with an over-active social calendar. I don’t have the time or the patience (or the desire for that matter) for coupon-cutting and sifting through flyers to hunt for deals. However, with 2 teenagers and a toddler, a 5-person household can get quite expensive! …
You sit patiently in the conference room at work, waiting for the weekly meeting to start. Your boss arrives, and the meeting gets underway. Co-workers share their opinions as to which workplace policies are working and offer suggestions for improvement. You notice that your co-worker Fiona …
When you're self-employed, it's important to have certain people on your side. This should be a network of fellow professionals that helps streamline your business (and all of the paperwork that goes along with it).
So as a psychologist who specializes in anxiety, the presenting problem of a lot of my clients is, you guessed it, anxiety. As you can therefore imagine, I often engage in standard anxiety treatment that is CBT in nature and composed of breathing techniques and thought restructuring. …and li…
Women’s entrepreneurship is on the rise globally. In the past year, 163 million women were starting businesses across 74 economies worldwide, while 111 million were running established businesses. This is according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2016/17 Women’s Report released …
LEARN, a non-profit educational organization located in Laval, has been and continues to be at the cutting edge of educational innovation. Established in 2005 with a view to assuring that the Anglophone community of Quebec received the resources and services needed in the implementation of t…
Of the 785 occupations classified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, two thirds have a higher concentration of men employed. However, a new study from CareerBuilder shows a greater number of women are moving into roles that have traditionally been held by the opposite sex - and vice versa.
Have you ever felt like a coworker was getting a little too close for comfort? You might not have noticed his efforts to invade your personal space at first, until you started to feel as if you couldn’t escape from him. Did you try to distance yourself from that coworker, only to find her in…
We all have busy lives because of work, extra curricular activities, or raising children and taking them to their extra curricular activities, so how do we mange out time efficiently enough to find time to write? Unfortunately, there's no easy answer, if there were, we'd all be writing right…
Social media has become an integral part of a modern business plan, and it can be tricky to navigate how to increase your followers on mediums like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more. So here are some quick tips on how to grow your social media following.
1. Get a story idea
Many businesses like to use the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) to assess the personalities of their employees. While the MBTI doesn’t reveal everything there is to know about personality, it can offer some valuable insight into common differences between people. The MBTI covers four cate…
Canadians purchase over $360 billion worth of goods and services with their credit and debit cards every year, and the numbers are only climbing.
In North America, extraversion is the key that opens many doors. Most people associate extraversion with a myriad of desirable attributes: confidence, competence, and likability to name a few. It’s no wonder that employers often favour extraverted candidates when conducting job interviews. N…
Ever stand at the cash register, nervously anticipating the final tally of your grocery order? Watching in disbelief as the total keeps climbing and climbing? It’s an all too common occurrence – especially with the seemingly insatiable appetites of adolescent teens in the nest!
Open office spaces are an introvert’s nightmare. Background noise interferes with concentration, constant interruptions from coworkers disrupt workflow, and the knowledge of being surrounded by watchful eyes impedes reflection. After only a few minutes at the office, introverts risk feeling …
Organizations are nothing without their employees. Without highly competent and committed employees, organizations wouldn’t function optimally or achieve meaningful success. It is important, therefore, to keep employees intrinsically motivated at work. Employees are intrinsically motivated w…
Do you get enticed by all those credit card offers bombarding your inbox promising miles galore? You should.
Canadians are addicted to credit cards, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Credit cards offer many advantages over cash and debit, such as convenience, rewards, insurance and the ability to manage cash flows.
Gift exchange events in the office can get really inappropriate, really fast – all it takes is one coworker to take the idea of a gag gift one step too far. CareerBuilder’s annual holiday survey asked workers across the U.S. to share the most unusual gift they have received from a fellow emp…
Between gifts, meals and vacations, nothing busts our budgets like the holiday season. However, your credit card may offer some unexpected relief.
Working really hard to accomplish your goals is admirable, but working smarter is how you’ll get your business where you want it to be, faster.
Traveling abroad is expensive enough as it is, but with a declining Canadian dollar, it’s about to get even more so.
Credit cards offer phenomenal opportunities to accumulate rewards, cash back and miles on your everyday purchases. Why use cash or debit when you can get rewarded for your spend and have your purchases protected with extended warranty, purchase assurance and price protection.
There are a number of ways to grow your business depending on the industry and sector you work in. There are, however, a few growth assessment areas common to all businesses critical to help you innovate, grow and prosper.
If you’ve had the same credit card in your wallet for the last 5 years, chances are you’re leaving money on the table. Canadian credit cards are competing vigorously for your business, offering more rewards, easier redemptions, better perks and lower interest rates than ever before.
It’s safe to say that cash is no longer king. Plastic has not only replaced the convenience of cash, it’s also a lot more rewarding. Why use cash, when you can get a free flight and more when using your rewards credit card for the same purchases?
Whether for good reasons or bad, you have more debt than you’d like. It may be high interest credit card, store card, term loan, sales financing, or some other form of debt. Don’t panic. There’s a way out.
Whether you’re planning your winter vacation, spring break or seasonal migration south, we’re all looking for a break on travel expenses.
It’s not unnatural for a company to go through ups and downs since a lot of your business can be dependent on a number of external factors like the economy or industry downturns.
My main business is writing and editing. This comprises 90% of the work that I do. The other 10% is reserved for side projects. And this is just my formula for lucrative (ahem, payable) projects. I always have personal side projects going on as well.
Back to school means back to work for adults and kids alike. What better time to update your home office or study area to boost not only your decor, but your family’s productivity as well? That’s the message of leading brand SICO® paint in unveiling its fall 2016 palette.
Frédérick Perrier, Project Manager for Business Services, CEDEC Small Business Support
It's incredible to me how people think that because I work from home, I'm lounging around in my PJs stuffing popcorn into my face and watching The View.
There's nothing worse than being at a networking event, meeting a super interesting person, striking up a conversation, and asking for a business card, only to have them say they don't have any so they hand you a sloppy scrap of paper with their coordinates.
With job prospects improving, workers are looking to greener pastures, but simple mistakes in the application process may be holding them back from landing a new opportunity.
There's a clearly defined hierarchy within an office setting, and when you need someone to go to bat for you, there's usually a higher-up who can do so. However, when you're self-employed, you need to be your own biggest fan.
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