Racism in Canadian recruitment. Have employers demonstrated racism in recruitment? It seems so according to a study published February 22 2006 by the Canadian Labour Congress. The author, Leslie Cheung, is a third year student in public policy at Simon Fraser University. “Lower incomes, higher unemployment and precarious work status are prevalent for visible minorities […]
At the beginning of February, the mother of online recruitment, Monster Worldwide announced the creation of the Monster employment index in Canada, an indicator of the online workforce demand in Canada. Rikke Wivel, Director of Communications at Monster.ca explains what it’s about.
In Quebec, as in a number of countries, the baby boomers have imposed their vision and their way of doing things onto society for a good forty years. But this situation is about to change as retirement age comes knocking…
HRjob.ca met Kim Peters during the HRPAO conference & trade show event in Toronto. The person behind working.com has an impressive track record in the Canadian job board industry and has come to a point where she now competes against her own creation…
According to the AXA survey “Barometer Centered Retirement”, carried out in 11 countries involving 6 915 people, it is in Canada that seniors are among the most active! (14% of those surveyed)
5 years for jobWings and 3 new sites The Education Fair and the Training Career Fair change hands Quebecdetail becomes retailjob.ca New environmental job search tool for Native Canadians Fido abandons Taleo Agentsolo.com passes the 10 000 members mark
Humiliation invitation The American job board Dice invites unhappy employees to humiliate their colleagues with the help of an online game which allows them (among other things) to throw pizza or jelly donuts in their face. A viral marketing venture in questionable taste…
Following flight simulators on computers, here is a simulator of the life in a company. As in the real life in a company, you must look after your relationships with colleagues, play the political game and complete your daily tasks. You are stuck to either a union delegate or a sales representative and you have to complete various missions like faking company accounts or getting the boss’s son fired. Of course…anything is allowed to reach your goals.
Open letter to candidatesYou ask me what you must say or do in order to get a promotion or a new job, well then you should know what I don’t want to hear anymore! So, in 2006 please don’t say to me anymore...
What will be recruiter’s resolutions in 2006? Here is a short list to get you thinking…
How do you ensure you get a sufficient quantity of candidates from newspapers ads? Here is an indisputable method…
The corporate clock This morning, while opening the door to your office you realized that it has been ten years (already!) since you came through it for the first time. You’ve just realized how time flies, as if suddenly a voice inside whispered to you: “Help, I’ve become part of the furniture.”
