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How Do Your Vacancies Effect the Bottom Line?
What are companies doing to ensure they have a pipeline of quick hires to reduce the cost of vacancies and the cost of hiring?
Safety, Safety, Safety…..
Anyone who has been in industrial settings knows of lots of near misses and people who have been severely injured. Why isn’t safety one of the first questions in an interview and why isn’t it more important to companies?
The Ipad Will Go the Way of the Dinosaurs Along With the Laptop
With the rapid changes in technology that we are seeing, it was surprising to see the Ipad receive so much attention and so many sales. In the first month it was available in Canada I noticed one being used in Starbucks…
Back to School and Making the Best Investment Possible.
In September millions of people return to school in Canada and this year I will be joining them in a classroom. Canada has one of the most educated populations in the world with over 55% of 25-34 year olds having…
Job Aggregators, Linkedin and Job Boards
In the last few years we have seen a shift in employment marketing from newspaper advertising, to job boards like Monster and Workopolis, then interactive job boards like LinkedIn, and now we have seen an explosion of job aggregator sites. …
Home Sweet Home, Family is a Top Priority in Relocation
We always ask candidates what they are looking for in a community and why they moved from one place to another. This allows us to understand their motivation and if the benefits of a job we are hoping to place…
Hiring a dog of an employee…..what does it cost your organization?
I still remember the first time I laid eyes on my Labrador/Golden Retriever cross. He was about four months old came running up to me and jumped up on me as I kneeled down to pet him. It took 10…
Canadian Certifications, Red Seal Certificates and too much Red tape?
After spending hours this past weekend studying for the Canadian pleasure craft operators card, I took a few minutes to reflect on the effect role testing and certification has on Canadian life, business and careers. Canada’s regulations require tests for…
4 weeks Vacation, 11 Statutory Holidays, work the hours you want!
As a recruiter I have always wondered why vacation time is not more prominently featured in Job Advertising? Only 13-16% of job advertisements on Workopolis and Monster feature the word Vacation and some of those are only highlighting job duties of…
Mining Wages, Bonus Incentives and Mine Unionization in 2010
2009-2010 have been very interesting years for Canadian mining as mineral companies as prices recovered or remained near all time highs and labour strife was felt across the country. On July 22, 2010 we saw a BC mine that has…