How much notice do employees legally need before you can lay them off? Although many people think two weeks is the legal standard, Canadian common law for employment outlines termination notice in detail.
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February 25th, 2015
Cold Calling Your Way to a New Job
Next to public speaking, cold calling might be the scariest thing people try to avoid doing at all costs.
It can also be a very effective and underutilized method for career-minded individuals like yourself to separate yourself from other job searchers who don’t think about doing it.
February 18th, 2015
Canada’s Express Entry
Table of Contents The Process Canadian Employers Existing Work Permit Holders ITA Draws Effective January 1, 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) introduced a new skilled immigrant intake system—Express Entry (EE). Originally called Expression of Interest, it is modelled after New Zealand’s immigration system. Though little has changed regarding the categories and criteria, what has […]
Read MoreFebruary 18th, 2015
Severance Pay in BC
After three months of consecutive employment an employee may be eligible for compensation, written working notice, or a combination of the two as follows: After three months – one week After 12 months – two weeks After three years – one week for each completed year of employment, to a maximum of eight weeks No […]
Read MoreFebruary 15th, 2015
Severance packages: What’s Fair?
Severance pay is the compensation an employee receives from his/her company upon job elimination, being laid off, or when both parties agree to part ways. Severance pay is a mandatory compensation required by the law. Mandatory severance pay could range anywhere from a weeks wages up to eight weeks of wages.
Read MoreFebruary 12th, 2015
Resume Headlines That Work
Seth Godin, author of business and marketing books and prolific blogger, recently wrote: “Headlines matter now more than they ever did. Headlines provoke and introduce. They cajole and they position. No headline, no communication. If you want to communicate (your resume, your trustworthiness, your graciousness) you need to be sure your headline is compelling, accurate […]
Read MoreJanuary 27th, 2015
Look Back to Leap Forward
While I don’t believe in New Year resolutions, I think it is always worthwhile to set goals to bring about change for the better. If the calendar and a conscious effort to embrace change coincide in this case, so be it. There is never a bad time for positive change-if only to take stock of […]
Read MoreDecember 9th, 2014
Is a Bachelor’s Degree Still Worth It (Part 2 of 3)
Read Entire Article Diana Sorensen, the dean of arts and humanities at Harvard University, recently penned a letter for Harvard’s Humanities Project to promote studies in the liberal arts. The public letter states: “Study within humanistic disciplines hones precisely the skills needed to navigate a world marked by rapid change, increasing interdependence, transformative technologies and […]
Read MoreNovember 27th, 2014
The True Cost of Employee Turnover Depends on Who You Lose
Retention is often discussed in sweeping terms. We all know that high turnover is costly to an organization’s productivity, morale, and bottom line. In fact, I could easily fill an entire book with stats about the average cost of replacing an employee! but as retention costs vary significantly from industry to industry and business to business averages […]
Read MoreNovember 25th, 2014
Is a Bachelor’s Degree Still Worth It? (Part 1 of 3)
Note: This is the first in a three-part series. Read the entire article here. We’ve all heard stories about over-qualified university grads working at Starbucks and Home Depot for minimum wage. Today’s youth unemployment hovers at 13.4 per cent (nearly double the overall national level), along with student debts rising 44 percent from 1999 to […]
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