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Relish Gourmet Burgers' co-founder and president Rivers Corbett
Case Study

Burger chain's hiring recipe: Staff who 'relish' the customer connection

Finding employees with the right mindset was key to franchised chain Relish Gourmet Burgers' ability to hang on to its distinctive market advantage

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Left to right are Jenny Faucher, president of Managing Matters Inc., with interns Jeremy Meredith and Nadya Sayenko.
Employment

More than making copies: what interns want

They’d like to be trusted, and to take on duties that challenge them and give them real-world experience

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Volunteers from Just-Eat Canada work at the Yonge Street Mission in Toronto. Left to right are Stephen Chan, a former intern and now full time marketing employee; Amber Stechyshyn, sales support specialist, and Aleia Gland, a former intern who is now in Ghana.
Employment

A good internship program pays off on all sides

Hiring summer help can be a win-win strategy for small and medium-sized businesses looking for fresh talent

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Managing

How to stop a micromanager

Five ways employees can feel accountable without someone hovering over them

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Remote workers

The new outsourcing: one person at a computer

Recruitment websites say they can match small businesses with the best people on the planet

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The perils of unauthorized disclosures about the business – or worse, derogatory comments posted for anyone to see – cannot be understated, say specialists in employment law.
Social media

Careful what you say about your employer online

The perils of being a blabbermouth cannot be understated, law experts say

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Beyond free snacks: What top companies offer their staffs

How five companies are reducing turnover, raising productivity and other workplace-related challenges

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Hiring

Letters of reference: a dying art?

LinkedIn and other social media are replacing the traditional letter

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Small companies can better manage peak workloads by hiring independent contractors.
Talent

When hiring independent contractors makes sense

They can bring specialized knowledge at a more manageable cost for small business, experts say

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Half of active social networkers say it’s fine to hang onto confidential work documents for possible use in future jobs, according to a new report from the Ethics Resource Center, an ethics researcher in Arlington, Va.
Social Media

Can Facebook weaken your moral fibre?

Tolerance for questionable workplace behaviour is on the rise, U.S. ethics study finds

Small Business Briefing
Britain ramps up funding to spur startup culture

All the latest news related to entrepreneurs

British Prime Minister David Camero, talks to young entrepreneurs Lenique Louis at the Prince's Trust headquarters in London as part of the government's launch of StartUp loans initiative and publication of Lord Young's report on enterprise, Monday, May 28, 2012.
Silicon Valley investors drawn to Calgary startups

Eric Simons hid out on couches, eating the company's food, until he was finally detected

The skyline of downtown Calgary taken Sept. 9, 2010.