Physical activity helps with concentration, happiness and performance. Ali Excavation Group understands this well. This firm of civil construction engineers specializing in excavation of all kinds has decided to focus on the well-being and health of its employees. Located in the Salaberry-de-Valleyfield industrial park, a third of the 30,500 sq. ft. of its new head office will be primarily used for recreational purposes. Employees will be able to enjoy nothing less than a luxury performance stage with an audience that can accommodate 300 people. The roof of the building will have nothing to envy of the modern offices that we are used to seeing in California: dek hockey surface, multi-sport synthetic turf, athletics track, basketball court with stands and various spaces -terraces. Employees will also have an indoor gymnasium and tennis court.
Compensation will be critical in 2024, predicts Robert Half, a global talent management solutions company. Nearly 4 in 10 workers say their biggest frustration when looking for a job is not being offered compensation that meets their expectations, says Robert Half, and more than a third of recruiters report an increase in the number of candidates who ask to negotiate compensation plans. In second place comes flexible hours, which will always be highly sought after. In third place, Robert Half predicts that companies will be willing to pay more for top talent, as 92% of recruiters have difficulty hiring qualified people. Finally, salary transparency will finally take hold in 2024: 55% of recruiters say that adding salary information in job offers helps attract qualified candidates and saves time during the interview.
Are you a female entrepreneur running a small business with 99 employees or fewer? Is the company’s annual revenue less than $1 million? You have until November 5 to enter the contest to win one of 10 $10,000 grants offered by Mastercard and Pier Five. The selection of 15 finalists will take place on December 4, and the winners will be announced on January 29, 2024. This sum aims to enable small businesses to invest in their growth. The 10 winners will travel to Toronto to receive their awards and be connected with Mastercard mentors and specialists. According to Statistics Canada data, small businesses represent 98% of all businesses in Canada, but only 17.7% of them are majority-owned by women.
Contrary to popular belief, women of 2023 are very ambitious. According to the most recent edition of McKinsey’s annual Women in the Workplace report
Futurpreneur and RBC Future Launch awarded their RBC Focus on My New Business Awards for the third year. Eight young entrepreneurs from across Canada received $10,000 to support the development of their business. These prizes aim to encourage and reward young people who have completed the free training courses in the Cap sur mesaffaires program of the non-profit organization Futurpreneur. “When young people succeed, everyone succeeds,” said Mark Beckles, vice-president, social innovation and impact, at RBC, in a statement. Corine Sobela, from Longueuil, received the Black Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Award for AFI Épicerie, specializing in the sale of food products from Africa and the islands; Célia Talbot, from Quebec, was awarded the title of Young Entrepreneur for Citron by Célia, a company that offers home chef services; Albertan Vanessa Gillespie received the Indigenous Entrepreneur of Tomorrow Award with her cosmetics business Stellar Contours by Nurse V.
