With 25,000 Syrians arriving in Canada, the government, citizens, and supporting organizations are scrambling to help. Several large companies have stepped up to provide cash donations, while hundreds of small businesses are quietly helping and will eventually hire most of…
The Society Of Human Resources reports a huge decrease in the number of Christmas parties in 2015. Has the Grinch, HR, Legal Department or the CFO stolen Christmas for employees? With 30% of HR professionals saying a party was not…
Northeastern British Columbia seems to be experiencing an increase in unemployment similar to that seen in Alberta over the last 12 months. The last six months have been the most severe due to sustained commodity price declines that a low Canadian…
Over 50,000 Americans come to work in Canada every year and discover Thanksgiving happens a month early on this side of the border. For the past ten years, more and more Americans have traveled to Canada to work under NAFTA…
Collective agreements in Ontario automotive plants will expire in 2016 and Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, will be targeting three of the world's largest—and now profitable—corporations for a new deal. Workers on production lines and in skilled trades will…
Northeastern British Columbia’s unemployment rate is 5.5% — the lowest in the country — and the expectation is that there will be a 41% increase in the number of job openings by 2022. That translates to 18,400 new jobs in…
As a recruiter with over a decade of experience, I have seen a lot of great and a lot of poor job advertisements. In fact I have written lots of poor ones myself. What I have learned can be boiled…
With a new government comes lots of changes for employers. It looks like employment standards and labour relations across the country could see massive changes. 1. The Federal Jobs Grant program, which turned into a training fund for companies to…
What is one of the most frustrating things we experience? Not getting a response by text message or email when we think something is really important. For companies that want to improve their brand awareness, increasing the response rate to…
Hiring the right talent when your company needs it is a critical business function. We know you want to get it right; we also know you need to do it as efficiently as possible — and that means finding ways…