HootSuite: Maximize Your Social Media Efforts

Marketing has shifted from a one-way communication effort from marketing firms, towards a seamless conversation between the company and its target market. Social media has made marketing a fluid, transparent public relations effort that should not be ignored. However, there are many social media platforms available and businesses find it difficult to stay active on…

Skills Canada Grant Funding for Business Receives $8M

Skills Canada supported approximately 500 youth as they competed in over 40 different trade and technology competitions.  The Federal Government of Canada has recently announced that Skills Canada will be receiving over $8 million in Canadian government funding throughout 2012-2015 to promote careers in the skilled trades and technology and to provide hands-on experience to…

Small Business Internship Program (SBIP) Ontario Funding Now Depleted

Funding for the popular wage subsidy, Small Business Internship Program (SBIP), was made available through various funding locations across Canada in early April. Due to the popularity of these Canadian government grants, all Ontario government funding locations have fully allocated their funding budgets. For companies outside of Ontario, please visit the SBIP “Where to Apply”…

Canadian Government Funding for Hiring Seasonal Employees

As the summer approaches, many businesses are currently in search of seasonal student labour to help manage their increases in market demand. The Canadian Government has offered several wage subsidies and tax incentives to encourage employers to hire students that would be planning to return to school in the fall. Provincial Wage Subsidy – Ontario…

Grants for Hiring Students – Small Business Internship Program (SBIP)

Please Note: The Small Business Internship Program is no longer available. To explore current internship grants and wage subsidies, please tell us more about your upcoming hiring needs. Industry Canada has just released their funding applications for the Small Business Internship Program (SBIP). The program provides Canadian Government funding support for small and medium-sized enterprises…

Top 5 Funding Programs for Hiring in Early 2012

IMPORTANT:  This blog is out of date.   Please view our Top Funding Programs for Hiring in 2013 Small businesses in Canada have a wide variety of Canadian government grants for hiring new employees to increase their talent pool. We have chosen the top five readily accessible hiring grants for small businessa across all areas…

Top 6 Hiring Grants for Canadian Businesses

Any company would agree that their employees are the key to business success. A great workforce can save a struggling company and carry it to the forefront of the industry. However, human resource activities aren’t cheap. Large corporations can afford to allocate significant budgets to the hiring process, however most Canadian businesses struggle to budget…

Government Funding – Hire a Student Intern

The Small Business Internship Program The best option with regard to hiring for a marketing graduate through government funding is with Industry Canada’s SBIP. The Small Business Internship Program provides small and medium-sized enterprises financial support to hire a post secondary student intern to assist them in their adoption of e-business strategies to increase their…