Mission Statement:


Our team at Bijou Consulting is dedicated to providing our customers with excellent consultation using our expertise in marketing and the constantly changing world of business. We offer assistance and recommendations specializing in the film industry to satisfy a more specific area of needs for our clients. Employees at Bijou are highly trained in their area of the company and are committed to providing top-quality services. As our company proceeds in expansion, we will continue to put customers first to ensure their utmost satisfaction.

Philosophy of Bijou Consulting:
Bijou has been dedicated to assisting organizations since 2006 and will continue to improve customer service into the future. It specializes in marketing, and work closely with the film industry. Serving as a corporate sponsor for large scale events, more specifically film festivals, is important to Bijou as a way to give back to the community. It is essential for our workers to be professional at all times with our clients, and we ensure this by hiring employees who are educated and further knowledgeable through our training program specific to consultation and customer service. Our marketing specialists work closely with our customers to ensure that there is a high degree of satisfaction. It is important that the most knowledgeable and enthusiastic employees are hired who are capable of having confidence in a team situation and problem solving individually when necessary. Bijou looks for the most committed persons who reflect our opinion in a strong work ethic bringing the best possible results for our clients. We are able to, from experience, offer recommendations for the best results or simply assist in marketing an already established plan or idea. Either way, our philosophy is to provide customers with quality results which Bijou proudly stands by.

Presidents:

Alison Schmidt co-founded the company in 2006 after completing her bachelor of commerce at the university of Guelph. Forming the company became her immediate goal following university and she has been very successful in beginning to make a name for herself.



Heather Irwin met co-founder Alison Schmidt in her third year at the university of Guelph where she transferred from Ryerson university. Future developments for the company include Heather individually heading a side branch which will begin construction in 2009 in London, Ontario.

Organizational Chart of BIJOU CONSULTING

A brief history of Bijou Consulting:

The Bijou Consulting Company was established in 2006 after the partners Heather Irwin and Alison “Crazy Bones” Schmidt completed their four years of University. After a few years of working together they were able to establish the company on Jarvis Street in the downtown core of Toronto. The Bijou Consulting Company specializes in independent and foreign films thus they began consulting smaller film festivals that appealed to this genre. The Annual Vancouver Island Film, Video and New Media Festival was the first film festival that the company worked with. This gave the partners a chance to travel around Canada. They were able to help film festivals in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Finally they decided to focus on Film Festivals that would be occurring in Toronto. They are now very important consultants to the ReelWorld Film Festival and Toronto’s International Film Festival. They also have been spreading to other film festivals across the globe such as the Cannes Film Festival and The Sundance Film Festival. Overall Bijou Consulting Company has had much success since they opened their doors in 2006.

Code of Ethics

Employees of the Bijou Consulting Company must recognize an obligation- to the public, to the integrity of the discipline in which they operate and to each other- to practice to the highest standards of honesty, truth, accuracy and fairness. Therefore it is pertinent that all employees follow the Code of Ethics very closely, otherwise the employee’s job will be terminated immediately.

All employees of the Bijou Consulting Company will conduct themselves appropriately and follow the laws of Canada.

No member of the company will be involved in the act of prejudice based on the grounds of age, race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, language, sexual orientation and marital status.

It is requested that all members of the Bijou Consulting Company respect the environment. Each employee will be responsible to improve mail efficiency, use recycled papers and environmentally friendly inks and other materials, to use recycling programs and finally an active encouragement of environmental responsibility among members of the business community.

It would be appreciated if the employees would incorporate the “Three R’s” into their daily business routine.
Reduce material use
Reuse materials
Recycle materials

It is should be understood that every employee of the Bijou Consulting Company will be honest with their employers and work colleagues. To lose the trust of other employees and especially the employers would not benefit the employee.

If it becomes public knowledge that an employee took part in a bribe or a kickback, their job will be taken into question. If the bribe or kickback had serious results, it will be possible that the employee’s job will be terminated.

Every employee has the right that their confidentiality will be kept by their employers. No information about an employee will be shared among other employees or the public. If there is a breach of confidentiality, the employee will be encouraged to take the issue to a higher official.

Each employee is expected to live up to their performance duties. If it becomes noticeable that an employee is not working up to their potential there are three options that can be considered:
Discuss their job dissatisfaction with their employer or therapist.
Hand in their resignation because of job dissatisfaction.
Discuss any problems with the employers. Offer suggestions and perhaps delegate a raise, promotion or move to another area of the firm.

o Each employee will be treated fairly. If this code is breached, it is suggested that the employee discuss the problem with an employer or a higher official.

o Every employee has the right to be safe while at work. Each employee must recognize the safety of others and respect this code.
1. If any employee of the Bijou Consulting Company comes to work intoxicated, their job will be terminated immediately.
2. If any employee of the Bijou Consulting Company is seen acting dangerously or putting other employees in danger their job will be put into question and they will be asked to leave for the rest of their shift on the day of the incident.

o It is recommended that politics are not discussed in the work place. If there are any political arguments between two employees, the employees will be asked to end the argument and not discuss it during the work day.

o Workplace diversity is recognized and accepted at the Bijou Consulting Company. If an employee has a problem with the diversity of the workplace, they are asked to discuss it with the employers before taking any actions.

Welcome to Bijou Consulting Company!