Globe and Mail article, Hit the ground running, by Wallace Immen relays the reality of expectations for immediate and measurable success from today’s executives. Stephen Smith, regional vice-president for Canada of Servisair Inc. said, “There was a huge agenda of things I was expected to do immediately”. In the first week he had to make personnel changes […]
Lot’s of HEART
Heart Business Journal For Women, is just that, lot’s of HEART within a very professional magazine. Inspiring and thought provoking from cover to cover. Valuable information and positive advice on everything from Human Resources: “Recognizing and Building Talent” to Personal Development: “Transform Your Life and Work”. AmyK Hutchens, Founder and CEO of AKI, Inc., shares her expertise on, “Building a Brilliant […]
Cultural Diversity and a Name
The Government of Canada, Cultural Diversity: A Canadian Perspective, reports, “Approximately 200,000 immigrants a year from all parts of the globe choose Canada, drawn by it’s quality of life and it’s reputation as an open, peaceful and caring society that welcomes newcomers and values diversity”. Statistics Canada reports, “By 2017, visible minorities are expected to […]
Are you an Aerospace Worker?
If so, you are in high demand! According to an article in the Financial Post, aerospace companies reported strong growth in the past year, even setting records, as global demand for the next generation of airliners and business jets remains strong. The jobs in highest demand include aircraft and avionics maintenance specialists, assemblers, mechanics, painters […]
A Branding Success, Personal and Corporate
Recently I received an email from Lynn Marie Caissie, through an organization called HAPPEN, regarding an experience she had on a flight with WestJet. Much has been written about creating your personal brand and even more about corporate branding; the objective, to develop a “unique and influential” persona or company. WestJet is truly a branding success story, not just because this […]
Public/Private Companies, Their Executives and Board of Directors
Blogging on a daily basis involves a great deal of researching, which inevitably results in more time spent reading or listening than writing. The information available online is infinite! If you have an insatiable desire for news, data, facts, general knowledge or simply the pleasure of enjoying an amusing anecdote, professional blogging is a dream job! What makes it even more fulfilling […]
Your Online Profile – Will it get you hired or fired?
CareerBuilder has a great article by Selena Dehne on the impact your social networking profile could have on getting hired or fired. She suggests that many people have no idea, or maintain an, “it won’t happen to me” attitude when it comes to posting derogatory statements or lewd photos that may cost them the job of their dreams. Also […]
Global Employment Outlook
According to Manpower’s Global Employment Outlook, hiring across the globe is down significantly, as reported in Forbes magazine article, World’s Worst Places To Get A Job. Hiring in the U.S. grew at 18% in the fourth quarter last year and is expected to drop to 9% for the same period this year. Even China will see a […]
A Few Seconds Is All You Have!
The importance of how your resume looks and how it is written may be better understood if you are aware that the person reading it will spend an average of 30 seconds to do so. Even a skilled speed reader would be hard pressed to take in every word in your resume in a matter […]
“Machiavellian” Recruiter, David Perry
Yes, “machiavellian”; elaborately cunning, scheming and unscrupulous in his recruiting methods. A more deserved title than that of “rogue recruiter” as David Perry is referred to in The Wall Street Journal article, Snack Vendor — or Undercover Job Recruiter? by Sarah E. Needleman. David shares some interesting, certainly entertaining, and sometimes shocking details of many of his recruiting adventures. David […]
Teamwork
Teamwork really is a critical key to success whether in the workplace, at home or on the football field. Last night, at the first ever regular-season NFL contest played on Canadian soil, the Buffalo Bills showed everyone at Rogers Centre how it’s done. Their confidence, talent and most of all their teamwork led them to a victory of […]
Personal and Professional – Women in Business
HEART Business Journal for Women has just launched their premier edition which offers tools to guide you in your personal relationships and professional career. Their “men allowed” philosophy is further to their research and a survey of men, which resulted in the majority stating that this magazine would act as a resource to help them better connect with the females in […]
Working While On Vacation….
….Planning vacations while working! According to a new online survey of visitors to Monster.ca, only 43% of 1439 Canadians said they “do not work at all” during vacation. “Many Canadians seem to be missing the point when it comes to taking holidays”, said Monster Canada vice-president of sales and general manager Peter Gilfillan, noting that […]
Resume vs. Online Info
Despite our world of online networking and the information found in electronic mediums, Human Resource Directors say the resume is alive and well, although no longer the only source of candidate information. This, according to a recent article, Resume the Resume, “Reports of the death of the plain paper document have been greatly exaggerated”. In […]
Future Trends in the Workplace
Emerging Technology, globalization and demographic changes continue to have a significant impact on our workplace. In a recent article in the Baltimore Sun, John A. Challenger, chief executive of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a Chicago outplacement firm identifies some workplace trends of the future that could transform office culture. He begins by saying, “Teleconferencing could end business travel.” Audio, video and Web […]
Little Evidence of 2000 Bell Canada Managers Online
According to a Financial Post article, BCE insiders say more than 2,000 people out of approximately 15,000 managers will lose their jobs during a “100-day plan” unveiled by new chief executive George Cope, to change the public image of BCE’s main unit, Bell Canada. Despite this announcement, I am surprised to see, or I should say, […]
Work and Family
Managing the work-family conflict by Judith Maxwell, and published in the Globe and Mail adds to the thousands of blogs and articles verifying the ever increasing acknowledgement of the importance of a healthy balance between work and family. And I continue to follow up further to previous blogs, “Employee’s looking for work life balance” and “Bummed out at work?” Barack […]
Retirement or Career Transition?
Most of our grandparents and parents reached the age of “retirement” and did just that, they retired. But today the trend is changing and it is becoming more and more common for those reaching retirement to continue working, negotiate alternative working arrangements or embark on entirely new careers. An increased life expectancy is only one of many factors contibuting to this trend. Although […]
CEO’s Responsible for Crimes against Humanity
“Earth near tipping point, climatologist warns” , a Toronto Star article, says James Hansen is back to warn that the Earth is nearing a tipping point, to call for a national carbon tax and to say that CEO’s of energy companies may be guilty of crimes against humanity and nature. In 1988 James Hansen, a leading […]
Women in IT Careers
A recent ariticle, Why women quit technology careers, by Kathleen Melymuka relays some startling research from this month’s Harvard Business Review. Women, between the ages of 25 and 30 are excelling in the science, engineering and technology fields making up 41% of the young talent with related credentials. Unfortunately, 52% of this talent drops out, most significantly […]