TorontoJobs.ca HR E-News September 2013

	HR E-NEWS: SEPTEMBER 2013
	Article: Tapping the Hidden Job Market to Find Candidates for Your Open Positions Article Written By: Marc Belaiche, CPA, CA & Joseph Thomas Whether driven by the need to explore and diversify a company’s approach to recruitment or find ways to cut costs, employers may consider a variety of staffing techniques to find good candidates. This article offers suggestions on how companies may tap into the hidden job market. Social Media In today’s job market, an increasingly popular way for companies to connect with potential candidates is to make themselves visible on social media. Engaging people in discussions, groups and polls are excellent vehicles for connecting with both passive and active job seekers. Websites such as LinkedIn provide a massive pool of talent that employers can easily tap into. READ MORE TORONTOJOBS.CA • About Us • Employer FAQ • Services & Pricing • Contact Us • Articles • Salary Wizard CONNECT WITH US

 

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HR Industry Updates   Women face internal identity conflicts in the workplace: Study Are you an ambitious professional or a nurturing caregiver? For women in the workplace, there can be a significant identity conflict between the two roles, according to a new study. The study, entitled How Competitive are Female Professionals? A Tale of Identity Conflict, was done in partnership with two Canadian universities. The joint study out of Toronto’s Ryerson University, the University of Guelph in Ontario and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand found women can experience tension between their professional and “family” identities and, as a result, may compete less with their coworkers. READ MORE HR certification leads to higher income, more promotions Canadian HR managers holding a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation typically have higher income and receive more promotions than their peers who don’t have the certification, a new report reveals. The annual salaries of HR managers who are CHRPs are 13% higher than those of their non-certified colleagues, according to a report called Fuel for HR Careers, conducted by the Human Resources Professionals Association. In industries such as utilities, finance, mining, quarrying and extraction of oil and gas, the annual pay was more than 50% higher with a CHRP. READ MORE

 

Article: How to Become a 'Best Place to Work'   Article Written By: Jessica Miller-Merrell If you're looking to become a ‘Best Place to Work,’ you've got some tough competition. Most companies will find it difficult to compete with Google's seven-acre sports complex, complete with horseshoe pits and roller hockey rink or The Boston Consulting Group's optional six-month delayed start for new consultants who would like to have $10,000 and time to do some non-profit work. Even still, your business can achieve the prestigious status by making a splash with some changes that are proportional to your business. We can't all be Google, but we can all be great. Involve Management and Executives One of the trickiest things in any workplace is making sure your management and executive team is approachable. There is often a great divide between management and staff, but the best companies are finding ways to bridge this gap. Great managers know it's all about being real, transparent and having a genuine interest in your greatest asset: employees. NetApp, a data storage company, gets it. Their Vice Chairman asks that managers let him know when they have an employee who is caught doing "something right." He calls 10 to 20 employees every day to thank them. Similarly, Burns and McDonald, an engineering consulting firm, celebrates the company's anniversary each year by having management and executives serve chili to every employee. READ MORE

 

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