Human Resources 101

Who has the time to orient employees? Why bother, they will figure things out soon enough, I just give a new employee to a trusted employee and they take it from there
In Canada anywhere from 5.5% – 7.5% of employees will quit their job this year? This works out to an average of 3,700 employees [...]

By Jason Ryan Dorsey,
Author of Y-Size Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business
Employers always seem to be asking me, “What in the world is Gen Y thinking when they do some of the things they do at work?” As a researcher and member of Gen Y, which I [...]

by John P. Strelecky — International Best-selling Author of The Why Café
Smart leaders don’t recruit the best people, they attract them. Why do they do it? They do it because it makes their lives easier, and their companies more successful. How do they do it? They have a clearly defined corporate Purpose For Existing (PFE), they [...]

The Alberta Job Centre posts about how employer branding can benefit the recruiting process. When the competition for talent in tight, what can an employer do to set themselves apart from everyone else looking to hire?
Here are five benefits of developing a strong employer brand:

A strong employer brand can help your organization stand out. With [...]

(Toronto, ON, September 9, 2008) – Canadian employers expect a positive hiring climate for the October to December period of 2008 according to the latest results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, the most extensive, forward-looking employment survey in the world.
The survey of more than 1,700 Canadian employers reveals that 20 per cent expect [...]

Update: As the embedded video was breaking my site code, I’ve changed this post to link to the video at the New Yorker site: Reinventing Invention.

Now, just over half a year later, RealPeopleRealStuff’s founders have launched a sister site named VideoJobShop.com, a kind of Monster/YouTube/Craigslist/Facebook mix. For rates ranging from free to USD 25 or more, VideoJobShop.com lets employers post videos describing the work and benefits they offer. To help them, the site contains a lengthy library of pre-recorded videos [...]

I get a knock on my door and there stands a manager that needs my assistance immediately. After weeks of ignoring the vacant position in the department, they must have someone in place before the manager starts his vacation in two weeks.
Sure they have time to interview candidates. They have three hours clear on Thursday. [...]

With Alberta’s current economic boom comes a shortage of labour, particularly unskilled workers. A number of employers have started bringing in foreign workers to fill positions. In turn, a host of agencies and “consulting” services have sprung up to supply the demand for foreign workers.
Not all of them are ethical.
The Alberta government has ordered an [...]

Commissioner rules reference check was in compliance with Personal Information Protection ActInformation and Privacy Commissioner, Frank Work, has determined that information collected in an employment reference check was in compliance with the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
An individual had complained that a former employer had disclosed information not related to her job to a [...]