Ottawa

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How a Stratford Group roadmap can take your IT system into the future

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How Stratford Group helped The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada update its IT strategy to be more modern and efficient.

Virtual work has adverse effects on young employees, HR expert suggests

Ottawa

Human resources consultant Karen Brownrigg argues that the lack of in-person contact may end up harming a young person’s career if not properly managed.

Recession will drive employees back to the office, HR exec argues

Ottawa

The rising risk of a recession could give bosses the leverage they need to get their remote workforce back into the office, says the head

‘Quiet quitting’ an opportunity for employers to help reshape the workplace

Ottawa

Quiet quitting essentially refers to clocking in when you’re expected to, doing your assigned tasks, leaving on time and not taking on extra work outside

The help you need to navigate today’s real estate market

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Life after lockdowns, in combination with a series of aggressive interest rate hikes, is causing quick shifts in Ottawa’s real estate market. What do residents

Bright Side of Business: Mahamoud Hassan brings Black leadership to IT support

Ottawa

On co-founding Toos Technical Solutions, Hassan says that “there’s not a lot of Black leadership in these kinds of companies, so that was the other

Here are Ottawa’s Best Places to Work in 2022

Ottawa

Engineering firm Attain Group tops this year’s survey that rates local workplaces’ performance in categories such as corporate culture, job satisfaction, training and pay and

Yes, festivals are back – but Ottawa’s tourism sector ‘not out of the woods,’ industry leaders say

Tourism

While hotel occupancy rates last month were up 42 per cent over 2021 and 130 per cent higher than two years ago, they remained below

Trevor Græme Wilkins, principal of uOttawa's engineering sales school

How to turn your engineers into sales machines

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Companies that build complex products to solve challenging problems must change their way of working by using their engineers to do more than design and

‘Sink or swim’: Uptick in business bankruptcies just the tip of the iceberg, data suggests

Ottawa

The pressure is on for small businesses that are grappling with high inflation and facing increased interest rates for loan repayments, Ottawa accountant says.