Wage Subsidy Grant – Science & Technology Internship Program

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) has an internship program for businesses in the natural resource sector who would like to hire a recent graduate in the science or engineering fields. The program is called the Science and Technology Internship Program and it encourages businesses to hire graduates and provide them with professional and practical work experience…

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IMPORTANT:  This blog is out of date.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…

Expand Your Talent Base with the Youth Employment Program

The Human Resources Skills Development Center is offering small businesses the opportunity to hire new graduates in order to expand their business capabilities and expertise through the Youth Employment Program (YEP). Incorporated businesses are encouraged to apply for this program in order to hire graduates with unique skill sets to their company. Grant Amount &…

How to Hire Students and Graduates – KW/Cambridge/Guelph

Using the two most popular government funding mechanisms for hiring (see previous blogs) to grow your business,  it may appear complicated or too good to be true at first glance. But SMEs have great potential to expand our horizons. I recommend contacting our local Conestoga college and Ken Buitenhuis [kbuitenhuis@conestogac.on.ca] for support on how to provide small business owners…

Hiring Graduates by Government Funding

New funding mechanism to support small business, with a maximum contribution of $30,000, for the financial support of hiring a graduate. The funding must be applied to hire a recent graduate in their area expertise for business development, marketing plans or technical development for a period of six months or greater. Through Human Resources and…

Government Funding for Hiring Graduates

New funding mechanism to support small business, with a maximum contribution of $30,000, for the financial support of hiring a graduate. The funding must be applied to hire a recent graduate in their area expertise for business development, marketing plans or technical development for a period of six months or greater. Through Human Resources and…

More Federal Grant Money

IRAP and Youth Employment Program Through Canada’s Economic Action Plan, the federal government is providing additional funding to the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to enable it to temporarily expand its initiatives for small and medium-sized enterprises. NRC-IRAP will receive total additional funding of $200 million over two years, starting in 2009-2010….

Government Funding for Small Businesses – Youth Employment Program (YEP)

New funding mechanism to support small business, withamaximum contribution of $30,000, for the financial support of hiring a graduate. The funding must be applied to hire a recent graduate in their area expertise for business development, marketing plans or technical development