Getting Ready Customized Bundles

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Getting Ready Customized Bundles Getting Your Bidding Process Ready C1- Supplier Basics C2- Preparing to Bid in Competitions C3- Strategies for Winning Competitions Tools for Getting Ready C1- A Guide to New and Updated Workplace-related Legislation C2- Navigating Government Programs and Resources for Nova Scotia Businesses C3- Using Labour Market & Other Information as a Competitive Tool Getting Your Management Systems Ready C1- Why Invest in Management Systems C2- Quality Management Systems C3- Environmental Management Systems C4- Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems Getting Your Workforce Ready C1- Upskilling Your Workforce C2- Diversifying Your Workforce C3- RPL Benefits C4- Implementing RPL in your Workplace C5- Competency-based Performance Management Basics C6- Implementing Competency-based Performance Management

Getting Your Bidding Process Ready Description: This series helps small and medium-sized business owners and managers get their bidding process ready in order to win supply competitions. Course:

Supplier Basics

Description: This course aims to help business owners understand the basics of the supply chain process, define the terminology, identify the benefits, and differentiate between private and public competitive purchasing. Many supply contracts awarded to businesses are done through the bidding process on a competitive basis. Course:

Preparing to Bid in Competitions

Description: This course aims to guide business owners through preliminary actions they should take before bidding in supply competitions. Preparation is the key to business success. Course:

Strategies for Winning Competitions

Description: This course aims to help business owners prepare outstanding proposals that will win competitions. Competitions often attract multiple bidders. How do you make sure you come out on top?

Tools for Getting Ready Description: This series helps small and medium-sized business owners and managers by providing practical tools that can be used to get ready for new business. Course:

A Guide to New and Updated Workplace-related Legislation

Description: This course aims to help business owners understand some of the current and pending legislative changes and prepare for any potential impact these changes may have on their business. New legislation and changes in legislation can overwhelm business owners. It’s difficult enough to keep up with basic changes in workplace-related legislation… let alone predict how to prepare your business for the potential impact of changes. Course:

Navigating Government Programs and Resources for Nova Scotia Businesses

Description: This course aims to help business owners identify the government programs and resources that are best suited to their needs. The government offers many programs to assist businesses in Nova Scotia. Most have specific mandates, requirements, or qualifications. It is important to find the right fit for your business. Course:

Using Labour Market and Other Information as a Competitive Tool

Description: This course aims to help business owners understand how to use and research information in order to be better prepared and competitively responsive to changes. Labour market and other information can be used as a competitive tool to better understand the industry, your place in it, your competition, and changing market trends.

Getting Your Management Systems Ready Description: This series helps small and medium-sized business owners and managers understand the benefits of managements systems in order to determine when to invest in them. Course:

Why Invest in Management Systems?

Description: This course aims to help business owners evaluate the benefits of investing in management systems. There are a number of management systems that may benefit a company. These can help improve business performance as well as attract and retain customers. Course:

Quality Management Systems

Description: This course aims to help business owners assess the value of a Quality Management System (QMS) for their business and provides guidance for getting started. Proving that goods and services meet quality standards is an important part of attracting and retaining customers. A QMS provides internationally recognized standards that help a company demonstrate its products and services meet customers’ needs. When is the right time for a business to consider using a QMS? Course:

Environmental Management Systems

Description: This course aims to help business owners assess the value of an Environmental Management System (EMS) for their business and provides guidance for getting started. Proving your company cares about the environment and takes steps to protect it is important for a business’ employees, customers, and its reputation. An EMS provides internationally recognized standards that help a company demonstrate it follows sound environmental management. When is the right time for a business to consider using an EMS? Course:

Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems

Description: This course aims to help business owners assess the value of an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Management System for their business and provides links to resources for getting started. Proving your company cares about the health and safety of its workforce and takes steps to protect them is important for a business’ employees, customers, and its reputation. An OHS management system provides internationally recognized standards that help a company demonstrate it controls its OHS risks, reduces incidents, and continually improves its performance. When is the right time for a business to consider it?

Getting Your Workforce Ready Description: This series helps small and medium-sized business owners and managers get their workforce ready to take advantage of new opportunities for business. Course:

Upskilling Your Workforce

Description: This course aims to help business owners identify skills and performance gaps in their workforce and find suitable upskilling opportunities. In order to succeed in business and to compete in the global market, Nova Scotia’s workforce needs competitive skills. Investing in upskilling benefits business, individuals, and government. Literacy and essential skills are basic needs. Upskilling may also be required as a result of new processes, technology, or changes in job-related tasks. Course:

Diversifying Your Workforce

Description: This course aims to help business owners see the value of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Tips on incorporating diversity into the company culture as well as reaching and hiring from a diversified labour pool are introduced. Diverse workers can benefit your company and provide unique skills, abilities, perspectives, and opportunities. Course:

RPL Benefits

Description: This course aims to help business owners understand RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) and its benefits in the workplace. Many qualified people are overlooked for suitable positions due to hiring criteria that does not acknowledge transferable skills in place of educational requirements. Course:

Implementing RPL in your Workplace

Description: This course aims to help business owners broaden their talent pool using RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning). Techniques are introduced for recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees while considering RPL and PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition). Course:

Competency-based Performance Management

Description: This course aims to help business owners understand the basis for competency-based performance management and show how it can strengthen their workforce. Competency-based performance management is a framework used for hiring, managing, training, and supporting employees in a successful business. Course:

Implementing Competency-based Performance Management

Description: This course aims to help business owners implement a standard competency profile and manage performance based on the profile. Competency-based performance management starts with standards developed for the company. Job profiles are created for each role within the organization. These profiles are then used in performance management to help employees and employers support a successful business.