Category Archives: Employer’s Perspective

Employees are increasingly expected to frequently adapt to organizational change outside of their control, often requiring them to perform better, faster and with improved outputs. These changes may be accompanied by decreasing rewards and less job security. Click here to view the PDF Article

A new survey of more than 1,100 young adults aged 22-35 by the Boston College Center for Work & Family (BCCWF) explores how young adults navigate their careers and lives. How Millennials Navigate Their Careers: Young Adult Views on Work, Life and Success provides much needed insight into the aspirations and desires of the newest …

Like coaching, mentoring can be an important ‎development tool for succession planning purposes. The benefits of mentoring for the protegé include providing opportunities to learn, grow and advance your career.  Mentors provide advice and insight into the organization, access to a wider network and a way to obtain feedback and career advice. However, mentoring benefits …

For our recent Thinkopolis report on the most sought-after skills by Canadian employers, the team here analyzed millions of job postings. You can read the full report here. One of the trends we noticed over the past year was a rapid increase in software and tech skills being requested in job ads. This is true …

For over a year, oil prices have been on the decline due to surplus supply to the market. This has diminished profitability for oil producing countries like Canada. The reduction in margins has also reduced capital investments in major projects, directly affecting the number of people being hired to execute the work. The Canadian Association of …

Most counselors are aware of the skilled tradespersons’ role in helping to develop the nation’s infrastructure, just as most are aware of the acute shortage of skilled tradespersons. In spite of this awareness, many lack an understanding of the extent of the shortage in this seemingly “invisible” market. To effectively help students and job seekers, …

Venessa Magny started off majoring in psychology, but as a self-described people person, she knew she wanted a career dealing with the public. It took until her second year of university to realize that human resources was the right fit for her, but this required a complete program shift. So halfway through her four-year degree, …

As the economy begins to slowly bounces back, employers are struggling to fill open positions. But it isn’t because there are fewer workers looking for employment – it’s because those workers seeking jobs don’t necessarily have the right skills. According to a new CareerBuilder.ca survey, half of employers feel there is a shortage of skilled …

Work is increasingly both everywhere and nowhere—more deeply embedded in our lives than ever before, but disappearing as a discrete activity. The old rules of work applied to an economy of factories and offices, a world of “standard,” stable employment with large employers, over careers with more or less predictable trajectories. The new rules belong …

Despite evidence that people with disabilities are more educated, more engaged, more productive and more loyal to their employers than the general workforce, small business owners continue to ignore this talented cohort in their hiring plans. In 2013, only three in ten small business owners indicated they had hired someone with a disability – essentially …