Many organizations have stopped responding to job applicants, citing an ever increasing pool of applicants. But, just as the Internet has opened the doors to a wider pool of applicants, it has also ushered in an era of lower cost ways to respond to applicants.
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July 24th, 2014
Employee Engagement, Happiness and Tips to Improve Both
The last couple of years Human Research Development has come to focus more and more on Employee Engagement strategies in the belief that Engagement is essential to running a successful business. Engagement has often been misinterpreted as Employee Happiness, and although Engagement and Happiness are not the same, the two are intricately connected. In Employee […]
Read MoreJuly 22nd, 2014
Minimum Wage in BC
British Columbia will end a three-year freeze on the minimum wage with a 2-per-cent hike in September, giving the province’s lowest-income earners an additional 20 cents per hour, or enough for a cup of coffee after an eight-hour shift. The minimum wage in British Columbia is as follows: May 1, 2011 – $8.75 per hour; […]
Read MoreJuly 17th, 2014
3 Key Factors to Consider When Choosing a Job Board
Job boards are an important part of the recruitment process. This is not just because job boards are one of the first places most people go when they are looking for work, but because the right job boards also make your job ads more searchable, increase the amount of views your posts receive, and help […]
Read MoreJuly 10th, 2014
The Psychology of Hiring Top Talent
Candidate psychology is a deciding factor in your ability to hire top talent. A basic understanding of recruitment psychology can help you determine what drives the candidates you want to hire, whether your do actually want to hire them, and if so, what will make them want to work for you. Here of a few […]
Read MoreJuly 3rd, 2014
How to Write an HR Purpose Statement
Everyone can benefit from a good purpose statement. Having your own purpose statement helps you identify your goals, remember your values, and create a plan to keep you on track to achieving success on your own terms. Having an HR purpose statement will aid in the translation of your company’s values into it’s HR practices, […]
Read MoreJuly 2nd, 2014
The Zen of Networking: 10 Rules To Follow
Whenever you think of someone who’s a “consummate networker”, you conjure up an image of a person who has a busy social calendar, someone who’s popular at cocktail functions and knows how to work a room. That might be one definition of good networker. Another definition is someone who is a “go-to person” whenever you […]
Read MoreJune 23rd, 2014
How to Look Edgy and Appropriate at Work
Last week I was working with a client who complained that her wardrobe was boring. She said that in her workplace she was expected to dress like a leader, and follow a basic dress code. But in her specific job description she was also expected to look more edgy while still meeting the corporate dress […]
Read MoreJune 19th, 2014
How to Keep Work Fresh For You and Your Employees
Table of Contents Handle the Basics Diversify Tasks Shift Your Focus This article was inspired by Tim Sackett’s awesome blog post: How to Keep That New Job Smell. In it, Tim talks about how excited we are when we begin a new job, how we start out with passion, drive, and inspiration! Basically most of […]
Read MoreJune 5th, 2014
Don’t Let Top Talent Fly Away
An employer’s work is never done! Once you’ve found, recruited, and hired top talent, you must then retain them. Retention is tough, we all know the reputation millennials have for job hopping, and this generation is making up an ever increasing portion of the labor force. As if that wasn’t enough, according to Forbes 46% of all new […]
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