The Quebec cybermentoring platform has begun its transformation to become a true social network. For 15 years, the organization has connected young people who are in the process of making career decisions.
As a Human Resources manager, you often have to deal with employees requesting a salary increase. How exactly does one decline an increase without running the risk of having employees pack their bags?
They’re called Sarah, Bill or Mike, and they are your regulars and the biggest consumers of human resources. You know them off by heart and their stories as well. Incompetent candidates, employees with bad attitudes, the younger generations are lazy, baby boomers are beyond it - to hear them say it, without them the department would collapse. Until one day ... Bill has a skiing accident which leaves him in bed flat on his back for 8 weeks (this is a true story but any resemblance to people in your organization is purely coincidental and will be denied by the author).
A recent study conducted by the Arete Human Resources firm has demonstrated the benefits of Employee Assistance Programs faced with the implications of mental health disorders in the workplace. The use of these consultation services would indeed have a positive impact on employee well-being, company productivity and the public health system.
Until recently, Garda World, an international security services firm, held a number of online job postings “for Canadian Citizens only.” The company soon withdrew these ads, but this event raises once again the issue of diversity management in the workplace. After all, integration starts at work.
Following the recent acquisition of the domain name jobs.ca by JobWings Careers, Nicejob.ca job aggregator, and Publipac.ca job postings solution, will now operate under the brand jobs.ca.
Do you properly balance your professional and personal lives? If so, then you are part of the minority. According to recent statistics, it would seem that more than half of Canadians have more work to do than they can possibly accomplish on any given work day. Struggling to keep up on the job has some serious health and productivity consequences on employees and corporations.
Elections are in the air! During February, the Premier of Quebec Pauline Marois has accumulated a slew of investment announcements sure to make jobs rain all across Quebec...
Four years after ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Government last Tuesday 18 February issued its first follow-up report. In parallel with the initiatives put in place at the federal, provincial and territorial levels, many challenges remain for these persons, including the quest for a job.
Canada’s capabilities for innovation are not being exploited by companies, according to the Conference Board of Canada. The reason? Poor or even lack of use of adequate indicators to measure and manage innovation.
A high employee turnover rate is costly to companies. It not only affects a business’ productivity and financial performance, but is also damaging to its image. As a human resources manager, what should one do when the turnover rate is skyrocketing?
According to the latest edition of the Mercer study on the quality of life, Canada leads the North American standings with Vancouver in first place. The metropolitan area is also ranked fifth globally. Overview of a survey that allows multinational companies to assess the pay and compensations granted to their expatriates.