"Face-off" by Sébastien Launay is licensed under CC BY 2.0 If you are designing or revisiting an Employee Referral Program at your company, what are the rewards that should be offered to motivate employees? There are some great stories out…
The BC NDP is close to forming a minority government in BC and they have big plans for workplaces. Following the Alberta NDP and Kathleen Wynne’s government changes in Ontario, the NDP will be announcing new Employment Standards legislation that…
I had the opportunity last week to facilitate a roundtable on Employee Referral programs at the BC Certified Professional Human Resources association. 20 HR professionals shared their experiences and interests in starting and running Employee Referrals Program. It was great…
VICTORIA, BC – Approximately five hundred people were hired in January 2017, tying BC’s capital with Quebec City for the second-lowest unemployment rate in Canada. According to Statistics Canada, the number one spot belongs to Brantford, Ontario. In part, we…
Yesterday I was reading a great job posting for a Dragon Slayer at a friends company. It had me laughing on a day when I received seven bullet points describing in very sparse detail, what a skilled professional does at…
So the US jobs market knocked it out of the park in January 2017 with 227,000 jobs added. This is an average of 183,000 jobs per month for the past quarter. With 4.8 Unemployment rate and the employment ratio almost…
As the Detroit Auto Show kicks into high gear it turns out 2017 will be a hot year for recruitment in the Auto Industry. With sales of automobiles and light trucks being over 17.5 million units in the US in…
HSBC just published its world wide ranking of countries to work in for expatriates and Canada has thoroughly defeated its NAFTA partner the United Stated. Canada has climbed 3 spots from 6th to 3rd, while the United States was passed by…
As we traveled through Maui, Sacremento, Seattle and Victoria airports at Christmas, I thought how fortunate we are. With a ton of amazing family, work, volunteer and personal success in 2016, I was awakened by a single parent taking two…
Being able to maintain power is essential to running most businesses, households, and communities in this day and age. Electricians are the professionals that keep the electricity flowing for houses, offices, mines, construction sites, manufacturing plants, pulp and paper mills…