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Six steps to summer student success and a sustainable labour force for the future
July 23, 2012 Marcia Scheffler Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Health and Safety, Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting and Hiring, Training and Development, Wages and Compensation, 1
Senior managers and HR directors alike agree that the main challenge facing organizations in the future will be finding and keeping skilled labour. I’d like to suggest that your organization can start the process of recruiting future employees by providing a positive and successful experience to summer students. I outline six steps on how to do this…
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The underrepresentation of women in the workplace
October 22, 2010 Christina Catenacci Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring
I just read an interesting report about women in the workplace. Essentially, the report suggests that women remain underrepresented relative to their male counterparts, even though they form a highly educated and skilled labour pool in the market. Given the skills shortage that is expected to occur in the near future due to mass retirements of senior baby boomer workers, this is an unsettling finding. But why is this happening?
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