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BCBusiness + 34F Design The province is still in a holding pattern when it comes to defining the new normal, says Erica Wickes, principal at 34F Design in Vancouver, but the benefits of coming back to work will be there waiting, when the time is right. “Going back to the office is a...
BCBusiness +TUEX Education More than 20 years ago, Alfred Chien was working as a banker and tutoring 30 or 40 students on the side. He remembers the day he received a call from a single mother who needed academic help for her grade 9 son. “After I talked to her for 15...
BCBusiness + SFU Beedie School of Business With more than 50 years behind it, the Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) continues to be SFU Beedie’s flagship program. Its mission to develop innovative and socially responsible business leaders with a global...
HR professionals are often pulled in many different directions, including recruitment. This can be a time-consuming and overwhelming task, especially when it involves sourcing candidates and filling vacancies for roles that haven’t come open for several years. “We have huge empathy for the HR professionals who might need to fill five...
You’re midway through an interview for a promotion you really want, and it’s all going well. But suddenly, the interviewer asks you a question that you can’t answer. Your heart sinks, and you start talking without knowing how you’re going to finish the sentence. You don’t need to see the...
BCBusiness + Booster Juice If you’ve ever resolved to live a healthier, more active lifestyle, engaging in a business opportunity that brings that lifestyle to communities across North America might be the perfect way to take your commitment to the next...
Special Feature If you Google “education for professionals in Canada,” no fewer than 522 million results will appear. This of course doesn’t represent how many opportunities are available to would-be or fledgling executives, but it does suggest enough programs are in...
BCBusiness + Manning Elliott Catherine Miller, partner with Manning Elliott LLP, a mid-size CPA firm in the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley, sits on the volunteer board of the Chambre de Commerce Francophone de Vancouver. She recently secured a door prize for the group’s gala event—airline tickets to anywhere in the...
BCBusiness + CBM Lawyers Corporate directors play a vital role in helping to manage the affairs of a business, thus protecting its shareholders and encouraging its prosperity. In fact, every corporation by law must have one or more directors to manage—or supervise the management—of the corporation’s affairs. But as with any leadership position...
Ever since the legalization of marijuana, Indeed has witnessed tremendous growth in job postings in the cannabis field. In fact, during the first six months of 2019, the share of cannabis-related jobs postings rose by 41%. The increased number of cannabis-related job postings has also been met by elevated interest from...