Expert Speaker Series: Hiring Your Team

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Time spent on hiring is time well spent.

-Robert Half

Thinking of hiring an employee into your new business or perhaps looking for strategies to improve your next hire? Patricia Cutler, co-owner of HireSmartHR, regularly advises clients on best practices in HR strategies, recruiting, hiring, interviewing and related topics. She will cover the basics on hiring dos and don’ts for entrepreneurs including:

  • Newer trends in hiring: job postings, Linkedin, Facebook, etc.
  • Creating job descriptions that work for you, not against you
  • Interviewing done well
  • Reference checks – the good, the bad, the illegal
  • Signing on your new employee

Speaker Bio:  Patricia Cutler co-owns HireSmartHR with her business partner Nicole Soucy. She has more than 10 years experience in staffing, recruiting and HR consulting for the large multinational HR company and the small boutiques in both Toronto and Ottawa. Patricia focuses on helping company owners select the right professionals for their team and provides practical HR consulting services.  She is regularly asked to speak at community workshops and contributes to industry magazines on related topics.

Format:  This expert series will be delivered through a live webcast.  Once registered, you will be sent your webcast connection information through email.
Cost:  Free. Registration is mandatory.

(Image Source:  Source:  http://articles.businessinsider.com/2010-05-19/strategy/30021173_1_job-post-stage-startups-opportunities)


Does your company belong in Silicon Valley?

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The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) is working with the Government of Canada, though its Canadian Trade Commissioner Service Office in San Francisco-Silicon Valley, to announce a prestigious development opportunity for Canadian companies working in Information and Communication Technology and Digital Media.

The Consulate-operated Canadian Technology Accelerator will provide Canadian companies the opportunity to work rent-free for three months in a fully serviced development space at either RocketSpace in San Francisco or the Plug and Play Tech Center (PnP) in Sunnyvale, CA - located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Successful companies will work alongside over 250 tech startups from over 20 countries.

Enter by April 27 for your chance at:

• Office space amongst inspired and like-minded global entrepreneurs
• Introductions to experienced mentors and advisors
• Access to industry leaders and talents
• Networking events with partners and investors
• Additional support from the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service

Want to find out if your company is eligible for this exciting opportunity? Check out the competition rules, as well as information on how to apply here.

Application Deadline: April 27, 2012

Why we have too few women leaders: Sheryl Sandberg (TED Talk)

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An excellent TED talk by Sheryl Sandberg describing a few of the reasons that we have too few women leaders, and they are bang on.  She also goes on to offer 3 pieces of advice to women who’s aim is to reach the top:

  1. Sit at the table
  2. Make your partner a real partner
  3. Don’t leave until you leave

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What do you think of her reasoning?  And her advice?

The Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Nominate Today!

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CanWIT celebrates female entrepreneurship and innovation each year with the presentation of the Sara Kirke Award. Nominations are now open for 2012.

The Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation is presented to the woman who has shown the most outstanding technological innovation and corporate leadership — leadership that has significantly expanded the frontiers of Canada’s advanced technology industry. The purpose of the Award is to celebrate innovation, entrepreneurship and create positive role models for women. For details please seehttp://www.catawit.ca/Mission_Vision/Sara_Kirk/


Submissions must be received at the CanWIT office by the entry deadline: April 20, 2012

All nominees must be a member of CanWIT, a Division of CATAAlliance : http://www.catawit.ca/Partnership_Sponsors/Membership/register/

The 2012 winner will be announced at the 27th Annual Canadian Innovation and Leadership Awards Gala May 30, 2012 , at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, in Ottawa, Ontario.

Startup Canada Beta Site is Live

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The Startup Canada beta site is live at www.startupcan.ca,  a result of 9 months of hard work and 250 passionate community entrepreneurial volunteers connected through online and virtual channels across the country.

Startup Canada’s goal between now and December 2012 is to fuel a groundswell, grassroots, entrepreneur-led movement to bring together Canada’s entire entrepreneurship community to create a shared vision for the future, and an action plan for change. The beta site is the 1st step on our path to success.

 

Where do you come in?

Startup Canada is looking at the entrepreneurship community to interact and voice their views on how we can come together to better support Canadian entrepreneurs.

The Speakers Corner, ideasWiKi, and Idea Loop features of the site, along with active and growing communities on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, will provide Canadian entrepreneurs with a platform to contribute innovative ideas on how to ‘Start Up Canada’ that will feed into the action plan moving forward.  Other site highlights include a DailyWiRE, Weekly Update, and NewsRoom that will keep the community constantly informed and engaged.

The Startup Canada Blog is also fueled by 14 of Canada’s most influential bloggers on entrepreneurship and the site itself will provide the community with the support, tools and resources it needs to fuel the movement, celebrate entrepreneurship and get involved.  The 2012 National Tour Program, which also be launched, providing live support across Canadian cities.

Check it out!