18 Jun2013

Federal Skilled Workers Occupational List 2013

Written by Julie McMahon. Posted in BC Jobs, BC Labour Market, Canadian Business Development, Canadian Immigration, Canadian Immigration Law & Policy, Canadian Jobs, Federal Skilled Workers Program

Eligible Occupations List

The eligible occupations stream will have an overall cap of 5,000 new applications and sub-caps of 300 applications in each of the 24 occupations on the list.

Please note that individual Provinces have their own occupational lists in addition to the Federal Skilled Worker list as below. If you want to reside in a particular Province, consult the Province’s website for details on the occupations they are currently accepting or email info@immigrantbusinessbc.ca and we can direct you.

16 Jun2012

Are you looking to start a farming business in Canada?

Written by Julie McMahon. Posted in Canadian Business Development

You can immigrate to Canada under the Self-Employed Class and begin the process of starting and running your own Canadian or BC Farm Operation. Please check out the Statistics Canada information on Agriculture.

Next, you want to check what permits you will need to begin to set-up a farming business on bizpal (just google it!).

16 Jun2012

Small Business Owners can receive subsidy for hiring Youth

Written by Julie McMahon. Posted in Canadian Business Development, Canadian Jobs

The Get Youth Working! Program

Here is a great idea for hiring new staff to meet those deadlines! The Get Youth Working! Program is funded by the Canada-British Columbia Labour Market Agreement. Through the program you could receive $2,800 by hiring (up to three) eligible youths. Not only that, you can add to this funding by requesting an additional training incentive of up to $1,000 to purchase training for those newly hired youths.

05 Jun2012

Vancity Community Foundation – Program for Women Entrepreneurs

Written by Julie McMahon. Posted in Canadian Business Development

Vancity Community Foundation – Women Entrepreneurs – Financing Opportunities and Growth project

A pilot project for female entrepreneurs – 10 to 15 – to go through a supported process (assigned business coaches, strategic networking opportunities) to develop a business growth plan.

At the end of 6 months – the pilot starts in June 2012 and runs through November 2012 – all entrepreneurs will make a business plan presentation/pitch for financing to a panel of Vancity and other financiers. All costs associated with this initiative are being covered through financial support from Status of Women Canada. The successful women entrepreneur pilot participants will not be asked to pay project fees or otherwise pay for the consulting, advice and resources they will access throughout this pilot phase.

13 Apr2012

Internet Marketing Strategy for New Canadian Business

Written by Julie McMahon. Posted in Canadian Business Development, Social Media

This is the Conversation Prism, a great tool for planning how to develop your internet marking strategy. I recommend going to a professional expert for help with this type of business strategy. However, one thing that you can do is begin to prepare yourself for what kinds of social media technology suit your business.

In order to do this thoroughly, you will need to know what Social Media is and what types of Social Media are available, and then finally what is the intimate functionality of each type of Social Media so that you can maximize your investment in a particular type and make it work for you. There was a recent article that came out toting the benefits of YELP versus Facebook and Twitter. Yes, a recent article by Business Weekly noted that YELP has the highest level of ROI (Return on Investment). Twitter was rated as nearly no investment return, Facebook’s score wasn’t much better. So in terms of time investment and money, you need to know what strategy, what tool will best work for you and your business in the long-term.