by Mississauga Board of Trade | Mar 4, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources, Uncategorized
By Jan van der Hoop Nearly 90% of the time, the reason people fail in their job has nothing to do with skills or experience, and everything to do with attitudes and fit. We’ve all hired someone who looked great on paper and interviewed really well, even though...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Mar 3, 2015 | GMM, Growth & Power Series, MBOT Events, MBX, Networking, Uncategorized
By Candice Ragoonanan A very busy month as planning for our first signature event of 2015 (Nine, Dine & Network Golf event) ramps up! up! Some great prizes to be won, including 2 round trip airline tickets to anywhere in North America- compliments of...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Feb 25, 2015 | Networking, Uncategorized
By Devin Kreuger I envy the folks who can, full of confidence and vigor, ‘work the room’ like a pro. It seems like magic to me. They seem to know precisely who to talk to, what to say, and how to get what they want from the event and the people attending. When I see...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Feb 11, 2015 | B2B, Marketing, Online Marketing, Uncategorized
By Chris Hokansson What’s the rest of 2015 going to look like for B2B marketing? What’s working and what isn’t? What are the trends you need to pay attention to? As the director of a B2B marketing agency, I get these questions from my clients all the time. I don’t...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Feb 4, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources, Uncategorized
By Jan van der Hoop Résumés have been around for so long, we just take them for granted. They became popular after WWII, and the essence of the document has not changed in the last 75 years. But relying on the résumé as the admission ticket for candidates to introduce...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Feb 2, 2015 | Policy, Uncategorized
By Sheldon Leiba On January 28, I had the opportunity to represent MBOT at a pre-budget consultation meeting in Mississauga hosted by Ontario Minister of Finance and Mississauga South MPP, Hon. Charles Sousa. Amrit Mangat MPP Mississauga-Brampton South was also in...
