Preparing Your Business Plan – Quick Guide
If you are a new business, you are likely just beginning to put your business plan on paper. Part of your presentation to create and invite interest in your proposed business services and/or products, is how you prepare and present your business plan.
Following is a generic business plan outline, listing the sections in the order [...]
Weekend Press – Business Opportunities
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunities. – Albert Einstein
Businesses close due to Canada Line Construction…. Losing Business due to road closures that limit pedestrian traffic, construction, the Olympics?
The situations above not only present opportunities for those in the professional services field, accounting, and legal firms, they also present investors with an enormous opportunity to leverage [...]
Professional Business References
First of all, you should not supply your references to a prospective employer until they are requested of you. Secondly, be sure the ’separate’ document is in the ’same font and format’ as your resume and cover letter, this brings ‘consistency’ to your overall presentation. In addition, your reference list should form part of your ‘portfolio,’ so [...]
Marketing Your Small Business – ‘New Entrepreneurs’
Over the past several years, due to our economic conditions and dissatisfaction with the ‘typical 9-5 job,’ many individuals have chosen to explore their entrepreneurial spirits by going it alone, and opening some kind of small business operation.
We all know that marketing is an integral, strategic function of any business, and this is particularly so [...]
USA: Workplace Discrimination – EEOC Report
I believe that discrimination in the workplace today has touched all firms globally, having now become a commonplace occurrence affecting all employees daily, regardless of their positions within their organization’s hierarchy.
Given that there are so many areas of discrimination in our workplaces today to cope with, discussions on this topic readily leads people to raise their [...]
Pre-Submission ‘Final’ Document Preparation Tips
Whether you are working in Vista or XP, Word 2003 or 2007, there are actions that you should take prior to sending your document out electronically. Some of these tips will be obvious to you; however, you would be amazed at how many people do not take these final actions in documentation preparation prior to transmittal.
Following, [...]
Job Seekers – Using Your ‘Time Off’ Wisely
With our job markets slowly beginning to pick up pace, we need to divert our energies away from the job search on occasion to refuel and recharge. Perhaps reconnect with some of your closer ex co-workers, or old friends and relatives you have not seen for quite some time. Give yourself the gift of a [...]




