JULY HR NEWS - TORONTOJOBS.CA

	HR E-NEWS: JULY 2013
	Article: Effective Techniques for Filling Open Positions Article Written By: Marc Belaiche, CPA, CA & Joseph Thomas A major challenge for many companies is trying to find suitable candidates to fill open positions. There are many options available and there is no right or wrong answer as to which technique is best. Depending on the organization, one method may yield better results than another. Although there are many options available, this article discusses some of the more prevalent techniques used in today’s market. Referrals A widely-held belief is that candidates referred by existing company employees are generally more reliable, perform better, and stay with a company longer than someone unknown. This unique method of recruitment might not be the most comprehensive way to generate a highly-qualified pool of candidates, but it may offer some cost/time saving benefits. 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   Canada's Employment Growth Stalled in June, 400 Jobs Lost: StatsCan Job creation in Canada returned to earth last month as employers pulled back following an apparent hiring binge in May that proved too good to be sustained. Economists had expected payback from May's purported growth of 95,000 jobs and they got it with Friday morning's flat reading — actually a statistically meaningless loss of 400 jobs in June. READ MORE Do You Think That Governments Should Subsidize Post Secondary Graduate Salaries? Prince Edward Island is a great place to live, for all the reasons Canadians who head there on holiday know so well: the ocean, the people, the oysters. Yet this week its provincial government announced that it will subsidize the salaries of all postsecondary graduates by up to 70 per cent, an effort to keep graduates at home and businesses hiring. READ MORE

 

Article: The 7 Stages of Promotion   Article Written By: Dr. Todd Dewett We owe it to all aspiring leaders to tell them about the mental and emotional journey they will experience before and after promotion. We do them a disservice if we allow them to be surprised by the process, a process I refer to as the stages of promotion. I share these ideas because promotion is fundamentally about moving forward into an unknown place. People don’t know what it’s like to lead until they get there. Too often, however, professionals overestimate how well they know this new place, thus they engage the stages of promotion with surprise and elevated stress READ MORE

 

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