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• WOW: Carolyne Taylor Awarded ‘Humanitarian of the Year’

  Carolyne Taylor has made a lifetime of helping others. On May 11, 2013, her efforts were recognized with a special award at the Women of Worth (WOW) Conference in Burnaby, BC. While Taylor was originally nominated and selected as a

  May 17, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Get Youth Working Hiring Incentive Program Extended

  A program that offers BC businesses financial incentives to defray the cost of hiring young people has been extended to March 31, 2014. The Get Youth Working program offers employers an incentive to hire eligible youth 15 to 29 years

  May 9, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Raising the Bar (more)

• Alcohol Testing in Inherently Dangerous Workplace

  Suncor Energy’s ongoing battle, in Alberta, to implement a workplace drug and alcohol testing program has gained a following as it works its way through adjudicative processes. A similar case arising in New Brunswick, however, promises to be the first

  April 8, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Probation Meant as an Opportunity to Demonstrate Skills

  I sometimes refer to the probation period as the Rodney Dangerfield of employment law (for those of you not old enough to know, that means it gets no respect). But few legal mechanisms can be more effective in getting employers

  April 2, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• PeopleTalk (more)

• Too Stressed to Innovate? Take a Breath

  Given the number of e-mails, texts, meetings and “to do’s” that fill a typical day, is it really surprising to find so much research pointing to the rise of stress in the workplace?

  May 16, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• PPA Anchors CCHRA Strategic Plan

  Through a variety of surveys and research, it’s been proven that senior management teams are seeing the value in HR. Moreover, they are seeing the value in the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation. Now is the time for ‘constant

  May 13, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Professional Practice (more)

• The Criticism Sandwich: A Stale Idea

  The criticism sandwich advises us to lay on some praise before delivering any criticism and then to complete the process by adding another layer of praise. Most of us know, from having been at the receiving end of what feels

  May 10, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Don’t Fall in Love with HR

  The biggest trap for human resources professionals is becoming immersed in the world of HR. If you read HR books, take HR courses and hang out with other HR specialists, you may lose sight of the real needs of your

  April 30, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Blog (more)

• A Millenial’s Perspective: The Top 5 Issues with Millenials

  Throughout the majority of my career, I have worked with, and for, Millenials. As a millienial myself, I love our generation and what it has to offer, but like anything, we have negative aspects. I have been an active participant

  May 15, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• 10 Reasons Your Top Talent Will Leave You

  Regardless of tenure, position, title, etc., employees who voluntarily leave, generally do so out of some type of perceived disconnect with leadership.

  May 7, 2013 | 2 comments | View Post

• Recuit & Retain (more)

• After the Honeymoon: Minimizing Misemployment

  Like many HR professionals, you have just spent weeks or possibly months recruiting your latest new hire. With the recruitment process complete and the new hire settled in their role, you prepare to move onto the next challenge…or so you

  February 28, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Vote of Low Confidence: Employers and New Employees Question Hiring Decisions

  New study finds room for improvement with hiring practices.

  February 4, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

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• Molding High-Performing Teams

  At Husky Injection Molding Systems, the mission is “keeping our customers in the lead.” But with help from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MTBI®) assessment, the Ontario-headquartered, global company is also molding the high-performance teams it needs to keep itself in the lead.

  May 17, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• BC HRMA Brings Benefits North: Welcome to the Yukon

  From its inception 70 years ago to the present day, the BC Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA) has long served the HR profession on the West Coast. As of January 1, 2013, that coastline now extends even further North with addition of the Yukon as the eighth membership region of BC HRMA.

  May 13, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post

• Trust and Confidence Key to Building a Better Workplace

  As a company whose mission is ‘to develop the next generation of leaders to thrive in tomorrow’s marketplace’, Canadian Management Centre set out to uncover the true state of employee engagement by providing the first comprehensive view of both the Canadian workforce and HR professionals and to identify the levers that factually drive employee engagement. We partnered with Ipsos-Reid, one of the world’s leading survey-based marketing research firms to undertake a national study appropriately titled, “Build a Better Workplace: Employee Engagement Edition.”

  May 8, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post