Issue 8

• Events
• Marrek Moments
• Audie's Awesome Advice
• Tips
• Job Postings

Audie McCarthy
founder and president
of Marrek Solutions Inc.
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63 Southmeadow Cres.
Stoney Creek, ON
L8G 3E6

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Well I am back from vacation! I can't say it was very restful - four kids aged 16, 13, 12 and 2 in a trailer plus my husband and I. The kids all had a great time. I came home sick. This leads me to something I have been thinking about for a long time.

Entrepreneurs have to have a back up system. If you are your company and you get sick, what happens to your clients? For example, I do recruitment. I had 4 interviews booked for Monday afternoon. What if I had fallen ill on Monday instead of Saturday? Sure, I could have postponed the interviews however that would have inconvenienced not only my client but the 4 candidates.

I am in the process of training an HR Assistant (see Marrek's Moments) and a Training Assistant. I also have friends running their own businesses that I could call upon to teach my courses if I was unable to.

What is your plan? If you are a one or two person show, and you have suggestions and ideas about this that you would like to share, please e mail me at audie@marrek.com.
Stay healthy!

Audie

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Events

Don't forget to register for September's events…

Hamilton

September 8 - Working Wardrobe Modules - presented by Angèle Desgagné, Imagélite International.

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Oakville

September 22 - Maximizing your Website - presented by Jemma Fong, In Site Creations.

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Polishing Your Speaking Voice - presented by Audie McCarthy
September 14th, 2005
3 consecutive Wednesday evenings at Sheridan College, Oakville

Creating Amazing Customer Service
September 19th, 2005
9 am to 4 pm at Mohawk College, Brantford Campus

Effective Supervisory Skills
September 22, 2005
9 am to 4 pm at Mohawk College, Brantford Campus

Resolving Conflict
September 23, 2005
9 am to 4 pm at Mohawk College, Brantford Campus

Getting the Best From Difficult People
September 27 & 28th, 2005
9 am to 4 pm on the 27th and 9 am to 12 pm on the 28th at Mohawk College, Brantford Campus.

Contact audie@marrek.com for more information.

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Marrek Moments

Announcements:

Effective Monday, August 15.

Karen Seal, previously of Drake Beam Morin Outplacement Services and Bell Canada, will hold the position of Human Resource Assistant at Marrek Solutions Inc. Karen's responsibilities include support in the areas of recruitment, Beyond Networking workshops and administration.

Lisa Dennie, previously of Bell Canada will hold the position of Training Assistant at Marrek Solutions Inc. Lisa's responsibilities will include designing, marketing and delivering training workshops and courses.

Welcome to both of you. It is a pleasure to have you on board!

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Audie's Awesome Advice:

No one has asked me any questions this week; however I feel the need to give advice anyway. My advice for this week is simple: READ. Read everything you can get your hands on - business magazines, newspapers, books. Read on line articles too.

Read to keep yourself up to date on your area of expertise but also read about your clients industries. The more you know about them, the better assistance you can provide them with.

Magazines are a good source for potential clients - study the ads and determine who is reading the magazine. Should you be advertising in it too? Call up a couple of the people that have placed the ads and ask if they have paid off.

Ask me a question and I'll provide some awesome advice!

I invite our readers to share their success stories by emailing me at audie@marrek.com.

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Tips

Top Ten Leadership Screw Ups

1. Acting like no one is as important as you are.
2. Saying you will do something, then not doing it.
3. Talking about other employees to employees.
4. Blaming your people when things go wrong but taking all the glory when things go right.
5. Talking down to your employees.
6. Embarrassing your employees in front of others.
7. Being political.
8. Making bad decisions & not admitting it.
9. Showing favourtism towards one employee.
10. Not listening.
    

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Job Postings

Receptionist Case Coordinator for dental laboratory (Mississauga), knowledge of MS Office, Jenmar scheduling software, reception, administration, dental case receiving, disinfecting, scheduling, and shipping. $25,000 to $32,000 plus bonus and benefits.

Please send resume to Joanne Royce, Royce & Associates at jroyce@sympatico.ca, please quote job number RA102M and job name when applying.

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