Get hands-on with your business or business idea!Whether you are an entrepreneur looking to test out your idea, or an established business looking for new opportunities, the Business Model Canvas is a brainstorming tool that provides a new way to look at your business.Used across all industries, the Business Model Canvas is a tool that… Continue Reading Business Model Canvas with Margo Fleming
Do you know what to do when there's bullying in your workplace?Occupational health and safety legislation requires employers to provide a workplace environment that is free from bullying and harassment. Employers are required to have policies in place and be prepared to recognize and respond to bullying and harassment, and investigate a situation when required.… Continue Reading Case study: Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace
How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022 This Event Is Full. Click Here To Register For The June 21st Session. Are you seeing tumbleweeds instead of resumes? Join us for a workshop focusing on creative ways to address the labour challenges within our businesses and our community. We will focus on outside the box… Continue Reading Recruitment & Retention: How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022
Get hands-on with your business or business idea!Whether you are an entrepreneur looking to test out your idea, or an established business looking for new opportunities, the Business Model Canvas is a brainstorming tool that provides a new way to look at your business.Used across all industries, the Business Model Canvas is a tool that… Continue Reading Business Model Canvas with Brenda Lyons
How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022In this workshop, participants will discuss the current labour market and the challenges it creates for businesses in the North Okanagan. Participants will identify creative and effective ways to recruit employees to fill vacancies. They will gain further understanding of organizational best practices when it comes to employee… Continue Reading Recruitment & Retention: How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022
How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022In this workshop, participants will discuss the current labour market and the challenges it creates for businesses in the North Okanagan. Participants will identify creative and effective ways to recruit employees to fill vacancies. They will gain further understanding of organizational best practices when it comes to employee… Continue Reading Recruitment & Retention: How to Find and Keep Staff in 2022
Get hands-on with your business or business idea!Do you have a business idea, but don’t where to start? Want to improve your existing business model? Join Business Services Advisor and entrepreneur-enthusiast, Danielle Guetter, for an engaging, hands on, and in-person workshop called the Business Model Canvas! During this three-hour long workshop, you will create a… Continue Reading Business Model Canvas with Danielle Guetter
Join us for this hands on workshop where we will guide you through best practices for creating an effective posting.Do you want to create a user friendly job posting that will engage job seekers and help you stand out in the sea of employers? Are you struggling to find the time, or don’t know where… Continue Reading Creating Engaging Job Postings
Get hands-on with your business or business idea!Do you have a business idea, but don’t where to start? Want to improve your existing business model? Join Business Services Advisor, Johanna Currie, for an engaging, hands on, and in-person workshop called the Business Model Canvas!During this three-hour long workshop, you will create a one-page working document… Continue Reading Business Model Canvas with Johanna Currie
Get hands-on with your business or business idea!Do you have a business idea, but don’t where to start? Want to improve your existing business model? Join Scot McNair, Loans Coordinator, for an engaging, hands on, and in-person workshop called the Business Model Canvas!During this three-hour long workshop, you will create a one-page working document that… Continue Reading Business Model Canvas with Scot McNair
Collaborative approach to solving the labour crisis in LumbyWe invite Lumby employers to join us for a collaborative workshop where we will go through creative ways to mitigate staffing shortages. Together as a business community, we will share ideas, challenges and solutions to attract staff and expand our local labour pools.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________This is an in-person event… Continue Reading Out of the Box Hiring – Getting Creative in Lumby
Learn the importance of communicating your company culture, and how to build trust with potential employees.The Employee Experience - Attract stage : Learn the importance communicating your company culture, and how to build trust with potential employees. The 4 P's of marketing your organization as an employer________________________________________This is an online event via ZoomJohanna Currie~Johanna joined… Continue Reading The Employee Experience – Attract Stage
About Community Futures
From our office in downtown Vernon, Community Futures North Okanagan offers employment, business and economic development services to help residents build their future and the community. We service Armstrong, Coldstream, Enderby, Grindrod, Lavington, Lumby, Mara, Okanagan Indian Band, Spallumcheen, Splatsin and Vernon.
