8 Things you need to think about before hiring internationally
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Expanding your team into new markets means adding people on the ground with the right mix of experience and knowledge. But hiring the right people where you need them comes with its own set of challenges — from complying with local employment laws to implementing international payroll and benefits.
19 March 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured, Small to Mid Size New Communitech’s Women In Tech Peer2Peer initiative is launched to increase the retention and advancement of women in the industry. The inaugural session was headlined by a panel of women from the Waterloo… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Kayleigh Platz in: Featured In Waterloo Region, women account for more than 50% of the population. I invited Jennifer Moss, co-founder of Plasticity, Popy Dimoulas-Graham, founder of Charity Republic, and Melanie Baker, a 15-year… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Startups The N100 Startup Competition is an opportunity to compete for a $100K early-stage investment and pitch to a Power Panel that includes David Shrier from MIT, David Pamenter from Gowlings and Shirley Speakman… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Samantha Clark in: Small to Mid Size Welcome to Links We Love, the Communitech Grow Factor blog to help inspire excellence in your mid-size to large business. We’ll highlight the best-of-the-best this week that made us feel a little bit better… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Startups The application process for metabridge 2014 is officially open. There are 15 openings for Top Startups across Canada to get front-of-the-line access to top corporate executives, venture capitalists, and… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Angela Larraguibel in: Small to Mid Size, Startups To continue the development and growth of a data services cluster, the DATA.BASE program is calling for Letters of Intent to participate in the Southern Ontario Prosperity Initiative. New technologies… Read more 14 March 2014 | By Trish Crompton in: Featured, Startups PiinPoint announced Monday that they are now backed by Y Combinator, and that they have raised additional investment. They will appear at YC’s Demo Day on Tuesday. We chatted with co-founder Jim Robeson… Read more 13 March 2014 | By anth in: View from the 'Loo The best perk of working as a journalist is the unending variety. You’re getting paid to learn new things and meet interesting people every day. Terry Pender, the Waterloo Region Record’s tech reporter… Read more 11 March 2014 | By Sam Trieu in: Small to Mid Size As a member of the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), Communitech is assisting in the roll-out of a national Business Challenges & Opportunities Survey. This survey asks for anonymous information about… Read more 11 March 2014 | By Communitech in: Member news NSP Maritime Link Inc. (NSPML), a subsidiary of Emera Inc., has selected Coreworx as the document and information control solution for the Maritime Link Transmission Project between Newfoundland, Labrador,… Read more
Opinions abound as women in tech – and a few men – launch new peer group
Women, it's time to slip into something a little uncomfortable
N100 Startup Competition Deadline TODAY!
Links We Love 03. 14. 14
Be A Top 15 Startup at metabridge 2014
Open call for DATA.BASE project submissions until March 31
Q+A with PiinPoint CEO Jim Robeson, Waterloo Region's latest YC grad
View from the 'Loo: Veteran reporter impressed with tech scene
Seeking participants for CDMN’s Canadian Business Challenges & Opportunities Survey
Coreworx software selected for major energy project in Atlantic Canada