Human Resources 101

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Hello,

I’m Ian McKenzie, and I’m the voice behind Human Resources 101. Here’s a peek at who I am. I’m a Canadian, living in Edmonton, Alberta. I am the Divisional Director of Employee Relations for The Salvation Army Prairie and Northern Territories Division. Our Division covers an area of better than 5.2 million square kilometres, or just over half the area of all of Canada. While that sounds huge, the reality is, we have around 1,400 working employees in 30+ units spread over that area.

I began my Human Resources career in the mid 80’s, transferring from Computer Services to HRIS. I have worked in a variety of industries and services, making a couple of detours into operations and marketing along the way.

You can check out my LinkedIn profile here>> View Ian McKenzie's profile on LinkedIn

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  • Christopher Lozinski // May 7, 2007 at 9:13 pm

    Would you be willing to host my job board widget on your website. Maybe right in place of the google ads. I could put up one for HR jobs.
    You would see a list of HR jobs. People could post their resumes. It would add interesting content to your website.

    Regards
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  • Rich McIverr // Sep 19, 2007 at 10:00 am

    Hi,

    We recently published “Top 100 HR Bloggers” (http://www.businesscreditcards.com/bootstrapper/top-100-hr-bloggers/). I figured I’d bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it useful. I am happy to let you know that you have been included in this list.

    Either way, keep up the great blogging!

    Cheers,
    Rich McIver

  • Scott McArthur // Jan 19, 2008 at 4:29 pm

    Good site - I wish there were more UK HR bloggers for me to talk to - it gets lonley!

  • David Zinger // Jan 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

    I found your site from a comment about cold weather. You have a wonderful site full of a lot of rich information. I look forward to reading more. I warmly invite you to join an employee engagement group, if you are interested, at, http://employeeengagement.ning.com/ I’d love to see you participate given your writing and work.
    David

  • Ian McKenzie // Jan 30, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Thanks David. I read Employee Engagement and Slacker Manager regularly. I’m always glad to find someone blogging on employee issues with a Canadian perspective.

  • Andy // Apr 10, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Hi ian, great blog… lots of interesting rants and raves, just thought I would drop by, if your interested have a look over at our site : www.reactive360.com where we have launced a completely FREE 360 performance review system, maybe of use to cash strapped organisations like the salvation army???

    Cheers

    Andy

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