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News (more)
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BC’s $1.5 million Skills Investment Called Good Timing, Forward Thinking
British Columbia’s Human Resources Management Association (BC HRMA) is applauding the Province of British Columbia’s recent $1.5 million investment in essential skills training, calling it well targeted, timely, and of long term assistance to employers.January 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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B.C. Invests $1.5 Million in Essential Skills Training
British Columbia is helping employees gain essential skills while increasing productivity for employers through a $1.5-million investment in essential skills training. Investment in nine projects is part of B.C. Jobs Plan.January 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Recruit & Retain (more)
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Diversity Delivers in a Decreased Labour Pool
Tej Singh Hazra, head of diversity and inclusion for HSBC, was special guest speaker at a recent BC HRMA business mingle. He spoke about new and interesting concepts evolving on the topic of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.February 2, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Study: C-suite in Canada in for a Major Overhaul
Corporate Canada and the public sector are set for a massive exodus of senior executives over the course of the next five years who are likely to be replaced by much younger executives with higher salary expectations.December 16, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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Blog (more)
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Conference Insider – Your ‘Out of Office’ Dates for April
Are you wondering if you need to book off Wednesday, April 25th for conference or not? The answer is ‘we hope so!’ You won’t want to miss our preconference events on the 25th but the official two dayFebruary 1, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Welcome to the HR Store. How May We Help You?
The traditional concept of business would agree that customers are people on the outside that are to be served by people on the inside. By this logic, people on the inside cannot possibly be customers to people on the inside.January 31, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Workplace Wellness (more)
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Workplace Bullying and the Role of Human Resource Management
Workplace bullying negatively affects an employee’s physical, emotional, and psychological being. It demotivates employees and affects their overall job satisfaction and performance. What can human resources do to address workplace bullying?January 30, 2012 | 1 comment | View Post
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7 Steps Towards ‘Disability’ Management
In a 2005 PeopleTalk article, entitled “Workplace Addiction: Treat it as a Disability,” Doris Toovey suggested 12 strategies to flush out unreported addictions in the workplace, assure that employees received the assistance they needed and reduce employer costs. Toovey’sJanuary 27, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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PeopleTalk (more)
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The Mother of Innovation
There are many sources of innovation. For every unique spark of insight there are many stories where the impossibility of the situation has led to repeated attempts to solve a problem, which has led to incremental enhancements and ultimately anFebruary 8, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Inverting the Mentor/Mentee Framework: The Cross-Generational Potential
Mentoring has likely existed in various forms since the beginning of time. A more innovative approach to mentoring is called for, one that capitalizes upon our four generation workforce, and allows the younger generations to bring forth the potentialFebruary 7, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Professional Practice (more)
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Employee Choice Versus Flexible Benefits
We need to move away from focusing on flexible benefits, as currently conceived and perceived, and look at a more fundamental concept – employee choice, and not just more choice but more meaningful choice that meets diverse needs. WeFebruary 9, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Guidelines for Interpreting Collective Agreements
There is never an easy way to overcome a grievance when you are seeing white and the union is seeing black. However, there are definitely ways to make it easier to tackle, in order to prevent a pricey and unnecessaryJanuary 30, 2012 | 3 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Beth Carvin: Attention on Retention
Beth Carvin, a nationally recognized expert on employee retention and exit interviews, discusses voluntary turnover and young talent.
February 10, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Telework Shifts the Bottom Line
Are your employees rolling out of bed, grabbing a cup of java and heading to their office in pajamas? If not, some of them may be in the near future to help you save money. Companies that currently have a work at home—or telecommuting—program are reaping the benefits in more ways than one.
February 8, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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Smoothing the Transition From Maternity Leave
Returning to work after maternity leave is a time of transition: often emotional and exhausting for moms regardless if it’s the first child or fourth. In short, stress is not uncommon for returning mothers seeking to establish a new balance of roles both at home and within the workforce – where often much has changed during their absence.
February 6, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post