Adecco offering $1,000 hiring bonus
Adecco is launching an innovative recruiting operation. From August 18 to October 31, each candidate hired by an Adecco client company will receive bonus of $1,000. In a context where the shortage of specialized candidates is getting worse, new ideas are needed to attract talents. According to Adecco marketing specialist Anick Vinet, "This recruiting strategy is successfully used by large companies, but it's a first for the recruiting firm industry." To attract candidates, Adecco is also banking on less-descriptive ads that instead highlight the work environment, opportunities for advancement, position challenges, benefits and more.
DiversityCareers.ca partners with Canadian Newcomer magazine
, the employment website for newcomers to Canada, visible minorities, women, aboriginals, people with disabilities and mature workers recently announced its partnership with Magazine, Canada's how-to magazine for new immigrants.
The partnership will make Canadian Newcomer Magazine resources available to guide candidates on how to find a job, language classes, etc. for successful integration. In return, DiversityCareers.ca will provide readers of the magazine with a host of job opportunities in a variety of sectors including accounting, finance, office work, sales, customer service, health and engineering.
Only 26% of companies accept video resumes
Only 26% of companies accept video resumes, and 65% refuse this new form of application. These are the surprising results of a survey by Robert Half International released August 14, which polled 100 senior executives among Canada's 1,000 largest companies.
Police department discriminated against young pardoned job hunter
In 1991, a woman pleaded guilty for stealing from The Bay. A few years later, in 1995, she applied to work as a police officer with the Montreal police department (SPVM), but her application was rejected because she did not satisfy the criterion of "good moral character," as provided for under police hiring regulations. The woman had obtained an official pardon before applying, however. At the time, the Department had not conducted an investigation to irrefutably prove the candidate's bad character. She pressed charges, and in early August 2008, the Supreme Court ruled in her favour and ordered the SPVM to pay $5,000 in moral damages, stating that the purpose of rehabilitation was precisely to fight prejudice against people charged but later pardoned.
Ottawa: people with disabilities, older workers and women could make up for mining labour shortage
The mining sector will soon experience a shortage of workers with the imminent retirement of some 92,000 miners. Gordon O’Connor, Minister of National Revenue, thinks he found a solution: hire people with disabilities, older workers and women. He has implemented a Physical Demand Analysis project with a budget of $147,000 to determine the physical demands of job tasks in the sector, allowing employers to match workers with specific jobs.
CBC/Radio Canada employees suffering from psychological problems
Noticing an increase in absenteeism for medical reasons, managers of CBC/Radio Canada commissioned a survey of 4,630 employees on wellbeing at work. Between harassment, difficult working conditions and dissatisfaction, the results showed that some 44% of respondents were suffering from psychological distress. Twelve per cent stated they were the victim of verbal abuse, and 20% considered their work detrimental to their psychological and physical health (back pain and headaches, etc.) In addition, one third of respondents were thinking of quitting their jobs at the time of the survey. CBC/Radio Canada took the results very seriously and decided to hire counsellors and to implement a mandatory half-day session for all employees on the respect of people.
Canadians worried about their financial situation
BMO Financial Group commissioned a survey on the financial concerns of Canadians. Results showed that 43% of respondents were worried about not having enough money to ensure a comfortable retirement. In addition, 53% of the population believed they should be better able to manage their money. Even wealthier people were not immune, with more than one third with household income greater than $100,000 saying they have lost sleep worrying about money matters.