We were contacted this week by a small business that really wants to help our armed forces personnel by hiring disabled veterans. Happy Dog Scent Detection Services is owned and managed by Veterans and services clients in the Greater Toronto…
Mobile phone friendly job boards are no longer optional: they are the bare minimum companies now need in order to communicate with candidates. In recruitment do we strive for bare minimum or is our goal in recruitment to hire the…
I just learned the career centre for one of the largest and most profitable power utilities in North America doesn't support job applicants using a mobile device. That company might as well post a help wanted sign in front of…
The low Canadian dollar and a robust US economy make this a perfect time for many Canadian companies to do business with our neighbors to the south. Fortunately, Canadian businesses have the world's best access to the United States under…
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…