Job advice

Interview

“2010 will be the year of optimism,” Marie Pinsonneault, Senior Partner, Hewitt & Associates

What were the lessons learned in 2009? Which major issues will human resources face in 2010? Marie Pinsonneault, Senior Partner in the Montreal office of Hewitt & Associates gives us her take.


By the numbers

North American companies lacking high-potential employees

Despite a high unemployment rate, more than half of large and medium-sized companies say they don’t have enough management successors...


Good to know

Social media replacing e-mail?

  According to the results of a PEOPLE FROM COSSETTE survey released in late November, social media could soon replace regular e-mail.


News

Jobboom, Manpower, Deloitte, Workopolis, Statistique Canada, Financière Sun Life, CRHA,…

Jobboom for sale? Income gap between Canadians and Americans decreasing Hiring: a positive outlook for early 2010 IT labour crunch could get worse with the recovery Quebec minimum wage goes up 50 cents Canadians to vote online for Workopolis Ambassador Job market increasingly picking up


Oddly enough

Google shares talented people… with its competitors!

It’s important for Google not to hire all the smart people on the market... to leave some for everyone else.


News

Workopolis, Right Management, OCDE, Watson Wyatt, Waterstone, The Conference Board, Toyota

Workopolis gets into Web 2.0 Canadians particularly engaged at work OECD: Increase in labour costs A strong corporate culture synonymous with profitability Recovery in the air Intergenerational conflicts: watch out for prejudices Toyota culture for dummies


By the numbers

Communicating better for better results: Three key pieces of advice

Effective communication leads to more engaged employees, and more engaged employees lead to better results. So why not follow the example of companies that communicate the best ?


Opinion

Long live diversity!

Do we really know how to recruit foreign-born workers? Over the past few years, the issue of managing diversity has never been so heated or sensitive, from both a societal and organizational point of view.


Oddly enough

LetsBuyIt launches “second best job in the world”!

“Can you shop till you drop? Does the prospect of buying for others and getting paid for it make you tingle?” That’s part of the ad run by LetsBuyIt.com...


Interview

« Some HR people feel isolated with respect to the H1N1 issue. They shouldn’t ! »

How should organizations be reacting to H1N1 flu? What is the role of human resources in this problem? Lisa Bull, Manager, Training and Communications, LifeWorks at human resources consulting firm Ceridian Canada, shares with us her take and recommendations on these issues.


New

Second Life Enterprise offering

Companies now have a new tool to create their own virtual worlds. Linden Lab, which launched the 3D virtual world environment Second Life, has just released Second Life Enterprise...


Company life

Integrate your new employer

 Well there you go, you have signed your contract and you will integrate your new employer with new responsibilities and a new team on Monday morning: meeting 8.30am. Although you have been selected from among numerous candidates and you have shown good qualities in the interview, remember that the game doesn’t end there…on the contrary.  […]


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