Taking Care of Business 

News for the Sarnia-Lambton Business Community

From the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership

Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada

June 07, 2012

 

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In this issue
Contact centre considering Sarnia
Exporting "lunch & learn"
GIS mapping site wins silver
Sarnia-Lambton companies in the news
New Peer Group for local ICT companies
Heading West
Sustainable Chemistry Alliance to hold annual meeting in Sarnia
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Contact centre considering Sarnia location  The Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership can confirm that a Canadian contact centre is looking at the City of Sarnia as a potential location.

 

"This is a well respected Canadian company that is known for its excellent employer-employee relations," said Economic Partnership GM George Mallay.

 

"The company has narrowed its search to the City of Sarnia and one other community," noted Mallay. "We have a great available workforce here, and that will be key to the company's decision."

 

The as-yet-unnamed firm will be holding a job fair in the near future to gauge Sarnia-Lambton's interest. Interviews and resumes gathered at the job fair will be used to select the company's labour pool, should they choose Sarnia for their location.

 

"These are full time jobs covering all aspects of contact centre operations, including customer / technical support agents, supervisors, trainers, recruitment, HR, payroll, IT support and site management," said Mallay. "We encourage our local job seekers to show what we can offer here in Sarnia-Lambton!"

 

The Economic Partnership and its community partners will publicize the location and time of the job fair, along with information on the company, as soon as the date is confirmed.

 

Enter your name and email address at http://tinyurl.com/lambtonjobs to receive email updates on the job fair!

 

Keep up-to-date on news about the job fair - follow www.twitter.com/lambtonjobs and like www.facebook.com/lambtonjobs.

Thinking of exporting  your product or service? This "Lunch and Learn" may be just what you need to get started! 

 

FIRST STEPS IN EXPORTING - LUNCH AND LEARN
 
Presented by Maggie Weaver, Canada-Ontario Export Forum

 

Learn about the tools, resources, programs and services available to potential exporters and enjoy a hot lunch while you learn. Our speaker will address the following topics as well as answer specific questions you may have.

  • Key web sources
  • Preliminary market research
  • Creating an export plan
  • Practical issues
  • Your key supporters
  • Information relevant to local industries

12:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday June 27, 2012

Western Research Park, Sarnia-Lambton Campus

1086 Modeland Road, Sarnia, ON, N7S 6L2

 

$35 per person - Includes a hot buffet lunch

 

Seating is limited

Pre-registration by Wednesday, June 20, 2012


Contact Jeanny at 519-332-1820

reception@sarnialambton.on.ca

Lambton GIS siteLambton's GIS mapping site wins silver  Lambton County's GIS mapping site recently garnered a silver medal for "Best Web GIS" from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), Ontario Chapter.
 
The award winning site is geared to assist site selectors, residents, and visitors researching Sarnia and Lambton County. The site provides information on industrial lands, zoning, demographics, points of interest, schools, places of worship, and much more.
 
The County's award winning GIS mapping site can be found at www.lambtongis.ca/siteselector.
Sarnia-Lambton companies in the news
Sarnia company CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc. is featured in the May edition of the "Canadian Business Journal" - http://www.cbj.ca/EMAG/2012/May/Cennatek.php
 

2012-06-06 - 2012 Summer Company student businesses

2012-05-26 - Shell eyes natural gas unit for Corunna

2012-04-12 - Solutions4C02 announces 50,000 s.f. R&D facility at Bluewater Energy Park, Sarnia

ICT companies' Peer Group meeting coming up Sarnia-Lambton's Information, Communications and Technology companies are invited to the second meeting of this valuable new peer group. Guest speaker will be David Canton, a business lawer and trade-mark agent with Harrison Pensa LLP. Mark June 20th, 1 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in your calendar, and contact Geoff Greening at geoff@sarnialambton.on.ca for more information!
We're heading West  Staff from the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership are heading to Calgary next week. The Economic Partnership's project leader for business growth services, David Moody, along with GM George Mallay will be working the Global Petroleum Show to promote Sarnia-Lambton's metal fabrication sector and petroleum service companies to the global petroleum industry.
Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (SCA) to hold annual general meeting in Sarnia  Sarnia will host the SCA's annual general meeting on June 12th. To view the agenda, which will focus on "The Bioeconomy - Recognizing the Need for Effective Change", visit www.suschemalliance.ca/annualmtg/2012annualmeeting.html. Confirm your attendance to murraym@suschemalliance.ca
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