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Mustel Group conducted two surveys for BCBusiness in the spring. The first, from May 28 to June 11, asked 500 people in Metro Vancouver how they were dealing with high gasoline prices. Of the 446 who drove, almost half were...
In any given week, at least 500,000 employed Canadians are unable to work due to mental health problems. In fact, according to Statistics Canada, the average public sector worker missed 13.5 days of work last year (the most ever), while private sector workers missed 8.3 days. While statistics like this are...
BCBusiness + ThroughConversation Everyone feels down or anxious now and then. But if depression, anxiety, or a short temper are sapping you of energy and drive, making it difficult to function and keeping you from living your life to the fullest, it’s...
Traditional ways of attracting talent no longer work in a world where millennials are the majority of the workforce and the average person will hold 10 jobs by the time they reach their 30th birthday. Navigating this as an employer...
BCBusiness + Rick Hansen Foundation According to the Conference Board of Canada, GDP growth of $16.8 billion could be generated by 2030 if a certain segment of our population that is eager to work more had the infrastructure necessary to function with...
BCBusiness + Imagine Kootenay Imagine living in the mountains, surrounded by nature. Imagine trading the daily grind for a simpler life with a short commute. Imagine downsizing your Metro Vancouver mortgage and upsizing to a home twice the size in the Kootenays. A...
A survey done by Miles Employment Group has revealed the top six factors affecting Vancouverites decision to accept a job. The results, collected from visitors to the company's website, show that compensation is no longer the most important factor in a job search, but learning and growth opportunities is. The results may come as...
BCBusiness + Trinity Western University A former competitive swimmer, Thomas Spraggs first dove into law on the Gold Coast of Australia. It was there, at Bond University, where the Port Moody native completed his degree. Being Down Under allowed him to stay...
Vanja Terzic is in a sunny mood, as you might expect from someone who escaped Vancouver’s November drizzle for Melbourne’s blue skies. The Bosnian-born University of Toronto mechanical engineering graduate is on a study exchange at Melbourne Business School to...
BCBusiness + SFU Beedie School of Business Elicia Maine, professor, innovation and entrepreneurship, for Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, is pleased but not surprised that female enrolment in the third cohort of her Invention to Innovation diploma program is an unusually strong 37 percent.