Company Overview

We are an Aboriginally owned and operated business specializing in Human Resource Management (HR), and Social Economic Program Development/Evaluation. With over 30 years combined experience in the field of developing people, our various team members draw for a wide variety and depth of knowledge gained from both the private and public sectors. We have provided consultation to senior government officials and have a keen understanding of human and social resource development. Our holistic approach to HR and Economic Development integrates an individuals need for mental and emotional well-being as well as the need for physical health. Our services include HR Planning, Career Development, Employment Counselling and Health Promotion. We firmly believe that healthy individuals are the building blocks for successful organizations and communities.

Forward This information to provide you with additional knowledge about First Resources. As an aboriginally owned and operated company, we exist to assist Aboriginal people, their communities and businesses in building a prosperous future. We service individuals as well as communities, not-for-profits, and private and public sector organizations.

While reading this document you will find out more about our company including our mission, information about the owner and our various products and services. While a majority of our services have an Aboriginal focus, we also provide the same services to non-aboriginal organizations needing support in our business areas.

We would like to thank you in advance for taking the time to learn more about our business. If you have any questions or would like to find out more about our products and services, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Sincerely,

Jeff Brant, BBA Owner/ Operator First Resources

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

First Resources is an Aboriginal owned and operated business committed to helping Aboriginal people and their communities build capacity through the exploration and expansion of labour market and business opportunities. We blend a personalized understanding of Aboriginal people and culture with professional knowledge of public and private sector operations.

First Resources provides quantitative information to Aboriginal people on emerging labour market requirements and trends in an effort to positively position the Aboriginal workforce as a high quality employment resource. We facilitate employer-staffing needs by providing a referral service of qualified Aboriginal workers through the creation of programs tailored to the employer needs and community potential.

As building sustainable economies is a key component of Aboriginal-self government, First Resources also assists communities and their respective members in identifying potential business opportunities. Our company enhances existing client knowledge of potential venture opportunities by providing the capacity to examine market potential, capitalize on the Government of Canada's Aboriginal Procurement Strategy, identify and access funding programs, and facilitate mutually beneficial partnerships with private and public institutions.

First Resources is the window by which Aboriginal people, their families, and communities will gain the knowledge to obtain meaningful employment and build self-sufficient communities and nations.

First Resources focuses on providing job creation and human resource development support services to the Maritime Aboriginal communities. It is well positioned to provide leadership, as well as a quality service that is honed to the specific needs of the Aboriginal workforce. First Resources fills the gaps between Aboriginal communities, businesses, institutions, and government. This business demonstrates entrepreneurship and community driven support from within the Aboriginal population. This is a business opportunity that historically has been delivered by Government and Institutions without the cultural insight.

THE BUSINESS

Ownership and Background of Principal

First Resources is an Aboriginal owned and operated business specializing in Labour Market Development, Social Economic Program Development/Evaluation and Human Resources. Jeff Brant, the President and CEO, has over 7 years experience developing people as a employment counsellor and human resource consultant, and draws from a wide variety and depth of knowledge gained from both the private and public sectors. With a degree in Business Administration, Jeff has provided consultation to senior government officials and has a keen understanding of human and social resource development as well as effective program/ organization development and design. Jeff firmly believes that healthy individuals are the building blocks for successful organizations and communities.

The Mission Statement

First Resources assists Aboriginal people and their communities build a sustainable, self-reliant future by actively facilitating the transfer of private and public sector knowledge in the areas of employment and economic development. First Resources is dedicated to creating mutually beneficial networks that allow Aboriginal communities to foster the capacities necessary to compete successfully in the knowledge economy.

Company Information

Additional Details

Legal Name: First Resources

Number of Employees: 3

Contacts

Services

• Consulting

  Human Resources & Business Consulting Services

  Every year the Canadian economy loses 5 billion dollars in productivity due to employee illness (Statistics Canada 2001). Poor work habits, stress, physical in-activity, lack of job satisfaction and work place conflict are key contributors to this statistic. First Resources will assist organizations in maximizing their productivity and increase market share via their workforce.

  Employee Development

  Career Planning & Development HR Planning (Recruitment, Retention & Renewal) Employment Equity Planning Workforce Development Human Resource Management

  Business Consulting Services

  Organizational/ Operational Audits & Review Research Program Review Operational Productivity and Effectiveness Analysis Problem Solving and Business Solutions

  The success of any organization hinges on its ability to utilize its workforce to maximize production, efficiency and increase market share.

• Economic Development

  Economic Development

  Sustainable economic development is a key criteria of any self- governing nation. To this end, First Resources assists Aboriginal communities in taking the steps necessary to ensure positive economic development both within the community and outside. The services provided in this area are designed to promote a progression from community capacity, to goal determination, and active implementation.

  Strategic Planning Access Funding Community Capacity Inventory ( physical & intellectual) Economic Impact Studies Setting Goals

  Market & Opportunity Analysis Research Feasibility Studies Identification of funding and investment resources

  Business Development Business Plan Organizational Design Establishing networks with potential customers, suppliers, partners Government of Canada Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business Match opportunities Creating and negotiating joint ventures Grow Markets Accessing resources for funding Business Support Services

  Where the current capacity of a business or community does not provide the ability to fully access opportunities, creating joint ventures are vital to building those abilities for the future. The important aspects of the services offered by First Resources in the areas of economic development, is to build mutually beneficial joint ventures with private sector organizations that create a knowledge and capacity surplus for the community or Aboriginal business.

• Hr & Business Operations

  Human Resources & Business Consulting Services

  Every year the Canadian economy loses 5 billion dollars in productivity due to employee illness (Statistics Canada 2001). Poor work habits, stress, physical in-activity, lack of job satisfaction and work place conflict are key contributors to this statistic. First Resources will assist organizations in maximizing their productivity and increase market share via their workforce.

  Employee Development

  Career Planning & Development HR Planning (Recruitment, Retention & Renewal) Employment Equity Planning Workforce Development Human Resource Management

  Business Consulting Services

  Organizational/ Operational Audits & Review Research Program Review Operational Productivity and Effectiveness Analysis Problem Solving and Business Solutions

  The success of any organization hinges on its ability to utilize its workforce to maximize production, efficiency and increase market share.

• Human Resource & Business Consulting

  BRANT CONSULTING Valuing People.... RR # 3 Summerside P. E. I., Developing Capacity.... C1N 4J9 Building Organizations & Communities. Phone: (902) 439-5895 E-mail: brantconsulting@hotmail. com

  Executive Summary

  We are an Aboriginally owned and operated business specializing in Human Resource Management (HR), and Social Economic Program Development/Evaluation. With over 30 years combined experience in the field of developing people, our various team members draw for a wide variety and depth of knowledge gained from both the private and public sectors. We have provided consultation to senior government officials and have a keen understanding of human and social resource development. Our holistic approach to HR and Economic Development integrates an individuals need for mental and emotional well-being as well as the need for physical health. Our services include HR Planning, Career Development, Employment Counselling and Health Promotion. We firmly believe that healthy individuals are the building blocks for successful organizations and communities.

  Holistic Development Model

  Every year the Canadian economy loses 5 billion dollars in productivity due to employee illness (Statistics Canada 2001). Poor work habits, stress, physical in-activity, lack of job satisfaction and work place conflict are key contributors to this statistic. The Holistic Development Model seeks to address these issues by developing the individual as a whole. This model promotes and encourages the personal development for all individuals. It builds upon the concept of lifelong learning by evaluating experience and determining the steps required for establishing short and long term goals. The Holistic Development Model concentrates on the wellness of the individual, providing positive benefits for the both the employee and the employer, furthering economic sustain ability through improved employee performance, and decreasing the cost and financial strain on private insurance plans as well as the health and social welfare systems.

  Our Services

  Human Resource Management

  We assist organizations in maximizing their effectiveness via their workforce. Recruitment and retention, planning, policy development, employee career development, and motivation are the primary areas of focus in this field. The holistic model is utilized with employees to create both the optimum employee as well as workplace environments that value, foster, and support employee development. The continued aging of Canadian population will create a shortage of skilled workers in every sector of the economy. To that end, we work with employers to develop tools and organizational structures that will allow them to attract and retain high clabber employees. We evaluate existing HR systems and develop and recommend solutions to assist organizations in minimizing gaps within their human resources. This includes developing effective plans to meet employment equity requirements, labour code obligations, and rating employee performance. The key to an effective business is the its ability to utilize the skills of its workforce to the highest potential. By focusing on employees, organizations will become more effective and thus more profitable.

  Career Development & Employment Counselling:

  One on one counselling with client is conducted to evaluate needs determination and assessment of current employment capabilities by assessing individual's strengths and abilities. We focus on the four employability dimensions of needs determination, career decision making, job search, and job maintenance to ensure our clients move positively along the employment path. Clients are assisted with identifying potential careers and exploring all dimensions of their career options to develop plans that will allow them to reach realistic goals in coordination with their personal objectives and future goals. We also assist clients with developing educational plans by examining educational institutions, labour market trends, as well as intellectual and financial return on education investment. Our in-depth knowledge of how government and private sector human resource systems function are utilized to benefit our clients in successfully obtaining long term sustainable employment. We provide our clients with effective tools and strategies to assist them in completing successful job search through self marketing. Our revolutionary rsum writing theory and technique help propel clients into new exciting employment opportunities.

  Health Promotion:

  Clients also learn the values and benefits of developing healthy lifestyles and how health effects job performance and satisfaction. Living a healthy lifestyle provides the individual with more energy and can help them cope with both work and life related stress. The emotional health of an individual is also a key influencing factor on their ability to live a full and productive life. Clients are given the tools to develop mechanisms that will assist them in dealing effectively with work and life related demands.

  Social-Economic Program Development/ Evaluation:

  On behalf of clients we conduct market research, organization and community capacity evaluations, identifying potential sources of financing, planning, and initial implementation of projects. The key guiding principle in this area of work will be to develop capacity within client organizations for the strategy or program that is developed. For organizations and communities to continue positive economic growth they must build upon and develop their internal capacity. Projects, programs and initiatives are approached from a social aspect, centred on the organizations capacity to implement the chosen activity, as well as the impact it may have both within and outside the organization.

  Conclusion:

  As an action based organization we are committed to ensuring our clients receive the highest level of quality service. The products and services that we offer are tailored to meet the needs of the individuals, organizations or communities we work with. Our goal is to ensure our clients have the proper tools, mechanisms, and strategies to successfully meet the challenges of the 21st century.

• Labour Market Development

NAICS Categories

• 541612 Human Resource and Executive Search Consulting Services
• 561320 Temporary Help Services
• 611430 Professional and Management Development Training

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