According to a BMO survey, 80% of Canadians think that employers in the public and private sectors should put in place more actions to help disabled workers integrate into their workforce.
Canadian companies counted 221,000 unfilled jobs in December 2012, according to a recent report from Statistics Canada on job openings. The figure has remained stable compared to the end of 2011. For each open job, there were at the same time 5.7 people unemployed. This ratio is very close to that of December 2011 (5.8).
How are human resources considered in the world? What are companies’ priorities? How are North American employers positioned? The HR 2013 international barometer conducted by Michael Page among 4,348 HR managers, including 135 in Canada, reveals a common HR strategy consisting of distinct regional priorities. Overview of the survey.
Presented several days ago by Jim Flaherty, the federal budget puts the emphasis on manpower training. According to the Minister of Finance, this should be better targeted to meet the needs of businesses.
The Canadian economy has advanced in the classification issued by the Conference Board of Canada, but it is especially benefitting from the decline of other countries studied.
Beljob.ca, the 3rd site of jobWings Careers, after jobWings.com in 2001 and HRjob.ca in 2002, was born in 2003. The English version, nicejob.ca, appeared the following year and the company acquired Actijob.com, one of the first online recruitment sites in Canada, in order to accelerate development of the search engine. Small retrospective...
Every experienced recruiter knows that this job is full of surprises. Even a fairy-tale like hiring process can turn around at any time... You can never tell until it’s over if the process will have a happy ending.
The balance between personal and professional life is the number one priority for 56% of employees worldwide. New technologies are playing a vital role but are a double-edged sword. This is what was found by the “Define success – Your approach” survey, conducted by Accenture among 4,100 people in 33 countries.
The Best Companies for New Canadians Financial managers revising their retirement plans
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The climate of the Canadian labour market continues with promising momentum, even though no great change in recruitment is foreseen. This is the outlook for the second quarter announced by the latest Manpower survey on hiring prospects conducted among 1,900 employers across the country.
Government investing in training and employment in Nova Scotia Renewed optimism among North American companies Educating companies about employing people with disabilities