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October 23rd, 2009
Free Online Course ‘Preparing for H1N1: Employer Responsibilities’
Safety Services Canada is proud to offer a free H1N1 flu prevention course for a limited time. The online course is specifically designed for employers and outlines their legal obligations regarding H1N1 flu prevention in the workplace.
Read MoreAugust 28th, 2009
Predictive Attrition
Predictive Attrition – Sounds like something out of the Tom Cruise Movie Minority Report. In fact, it is a term, as used in a recent Canadian Business article that better describes a new methodology at Google for measuring the likelihood of retaining an employee. The article goes on to say that Google is doing what it does best, using data to drive management decisions (one of its 10 Golden Rules), while critics say that just doing something because it can be done does not always make business sense.
Read MoreJuly 21st, 2009
HAVE A KEEN EYE FOR DERAIL
Job seekers take note: One false stroke at the keyboard could send your resume into the “circular file.” Fifty-one per cent of executives interviewed said just one or two typos in a resume would remove applicants from consideration for a job; 23 per cent said it takes only one typo to rule candidates out.
Read MoreJuly 21st, 2009
Writing an Effective Cover Letter
Job seekers continually under estimate the importance of including a cover letter with their resume when applying to jobs. The cover letter is a critical component of your job search materials, as it serves as an effective advertisement for your resume. In writing your cover letter you can be creative and direct in showing a potential employer, how your unique skills abilities meets their requirements without the limitations of the resume.
Read MoreJune 29th, 2009
Recession-Proofing Your Career
Within the current economic climate, reports of job losses and personal bankruptcies affecting Canadians across the country remind us of the volatile and uncertain nature of work. Rapid increases in the unemployment rate can create a sense of worry, panic, dread, and anxiety even among people whose industries feel fairly recession proof (e.g., healthcare, K-12 education, career management practitioners).
Read MoreJune 29th, 2009
Selling Air: Marketing Your Entry-Level Career
If you could go back in time thirty years and tell someone people would actually be buying water in 2005 for prices higher than gasoline, you would probably be severely ridiculed. Go back fifteen years and tell someone that you would actually be able to purchase air in an oxygen bar and they would think you had been hitting the sauce. Water and oxygen are interesting products because they are readily available, free, and vital to life. There has been a demand created for them out of, well, thin air.
Read MoreJune 29th, 2009
HR Trends in BC
In March 2009, BC HRMA conducted its second annual survey of HR trends. The survey gathers information relating to the challenges and issues facing HR functions in BC as well as projections regarding changes in staffing, HR budgets and the focus of resources over the next 12 months. In addition, this year the survey collected data on HR involvement in strategy and areas which HR should be discussing but is not.
Read MoreApril 16th, 2009
Labour Market Partnerships for Employers
Labour Market Partnerships is an employment program that provides financial assistance to organizations to encourage, support and facilitate labour force adjustments and human resource planning activities which are in the public interest.
Read MoreMarch 11th, 2009
Job Search Resume Tips
There is a lot of information and advice available about how to effectively write a resume. It can be difficult to sort through what is someones opinion and what is useful information to help you make the most of your job applications.
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