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Posts Tagged ‘hr’

June 23rd, 2023

Effectively Delegate and Get More Work Done

Effectively Delegate and Get More Work Done

As you rise in the work-level hierarchy, your responsibilities rise too. This creates the need to allocate the workload among your co-workers. In other words – delegate. However, some of us are wary of delegating for various reasons. Check out the ways to delegate effectively and reap the maximum benefits. Effectively Delegate and Get More […]

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June 19th, 2023

Top Tips on How to Avoid the Cost of Bad Hires

Top tips on how to avoid the cost of bad hires

Quite often, businesses suffer from the financial aspects of hiring the wrong candidate. While a bad hire might entail many factors, the primary cause is the inability of the candidate to align with the company’s culture, due to personality traits, for instance. Whatever the case, it brings several losses to companies and thus is a […]

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June 14th, 2023

How To Measure Success in the Workplace

How To Measure Success in the Workplace

While companies or supervisors may regularly review employee performance or use metrics to assess employee achievement, tracking your progress requires determining what success looks like to you and how you will get there.  How To Measure Success in the Workplace Measuring success can be challenging because everyone’s definition of success is unique. Some individuals view […]

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May 26th, 2023

Creating a Culture of Feedback Between Co-Workers

Creating a Culture of Feedback Between Co-Workers

Every company has rules about how to handle customer feedback. An organization with a strong culture welcomes criticism and applies it to help people, teams, and the organization thrive. Voices from employees are important. Creating a Culture of Feedback Between Co-Workers Employee engagement is significantly impacted by how a firm integrates feedback into its culture.  […]

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May 19th, 2023

Doing Macro-Management The Right Way

Doing Macro-Management The Right Way

Ever hated being closely monitored at work? Do you feel you need autonomy in how you do your work? Well, most of us feel the same. And this introduces us to the idea of macro-management. Check out the best ways to effectively macro-manage at work. Doing Macro-Management The Right Way Most of us don’t like […]

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November 13th, 2014

How to Succeed with Strategic Recruitment? Never Stop.

How to Succeed with Strategic Recruitment? Never Stop.

Whether it’s getting beyond the silos or just thinking outside the box, we all benefit from stretching our boundaries—both figuratively and sometimes literally speaking. Case in point, I just came back from the Yukon. As an HR consultant and immigration specialist, I travel fairly frequently to present on various business-related topics and, in turn, to […]

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September 11th, 2014

Why an Honest Culture is Essential for Growth

Why an Honest Culture is Essential for Growth

Honesty is not always the best policy. This is something that I have learned from spending the last decade with a man who is terrible at little white lies. Having your husband gaze into your eyes and tell you, “That haircut is weird!” or “You look kind of puffy, are you tired?” is no fun. […]

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July 10th, 2014

The Psychology of Hiring Top Talent

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 […]

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June 19th, 2014

How to Keep Work Fresh For You and Your Employees

How to Keep Work Fresh For You

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 us start out as highly engaged employees, then become more and […]

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May 8th, 2014

3 Questions That Lay the Foundation for Employer Branding

3 Questions That Lay the Foundation for Employer Branding

At BCjobs.ca we encourage all of our employers to spend some quality time filling out their employer profile. This is because on BCjobs.ca your profile is the first impression jobseekers will have of your company. A well crafted Employer profile, with a high quality logo, company colors, and inviting welcome message converts jobseekers into applicants. […]

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