The shortage of talent is now hurting companies’ performance, according to a survey by Manpower.
Human capital risk management has gained traction as companies look to evaluate and measure what is arguably their greatest resource: employees and the skills and knowledge they bring. In our information-based age, where physical capabilities have been replaced with knowledge competencies, understanding how different employees think and what factors affect their productivity and comfort level in an organization is vital to being able to retain and engage the right people.
There’s more talk of entrepreneurs in Canada being optimistic about the year ahead, with more than half expecting to grow their workforce in 2013, says Ernst & Young in its latest global survey.
Fiona Johnstone was a full-time border services officer for the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) at Toronto Pearson International Airport. She worked rotating shifts and had difficulties scheduling childcare, so she requested a fixed schedule to facilitate her childcare arrangements.
It’s a constant question for employers: how do you attract the best and brightest people to your organization—and then hang on to them? Some forward-thinking companies, like Ceridian Canada, have realized that, rather than guessing what employees need, it's better simply to ask.
When global HR consulting firm Mercer decided in November 2012 to transfer much of its Canadian pension and group benefits outsourcing business to competitor Morneau Shepell, it surprised many industry watchers. It also got them thinking. What prompts one consulting firm to invest in outsourcing and another to focus elsewhere? Bill Morneau, executive chairman of […]
A new survey from Investors Group has found that 96% of Canadian small and medium-sized businesses agree that workers 65 years and older offer more valuable experience and expertise than younger workers, but don’t expect this group to be filling their job openings.
As Canada’s labour markets continue to recover from the recession, the percentage of unfilled private sector jobs increased slightly from 2.3% in the second quarter to 2.4% in the third quarter, according to data compiled by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB). This is good news for job seekers but bad news for employer […]
A new poll from Ipsos Reid, commissioned by Randstad Canada, has found that the best career opportunities for women still lie in the healthcare and teaching industries.
Job seekers don’t have much time to win over hiring managers, a new survey by Accountemps finds. Fifty-two percent of human resources managers polled said they form a positive or negative opinion of candidates during interviews in 10 minutes or less. Twenty-nine percent of respondents said they form their opinion about the interviewee in five […]