Coffee Shop HR: Join the Discussion from the Beginning
Today will be a historic one in the United States as either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is elected President. Since Barack Obama has been instrumental in changing so much in the US since the beginning...
View ArticleThis Remembrance Day Be Mindful of Young Unemployed Veterans Seeking Employment
When I was studying HR at BCIT, a key component of my program was completing a period of Directed Studies, where we worked as project managers to complete an HR project for a company in the field. To...
View ArticleThe Role of HR Involves Creating and Enforcing Company Policy; Bullying...
In North America, our attention was directed to the effects of bullying with the death of young Amanda Todd this past October. She was a 16 year old girl who took her own life after struggling with...
View ArticleHow Can HR Clearly Communicate that Workplace Bullying is Unacceptable?
The recent and tragic event of Amanda Todd’s suicide brings to light the profound impact bullying can have on a person’s life. Unfortunately, even as we become adults and working professionals there...
View ArticleMotivation Fuels Engagement
When I think of motivation, I think of an old episode of The Simpsons where Homer decides that the reason why he’s going to show up for work each day is because he loves his daughter Maggie, and he’s...
View ArticleWhose Responsibility is it to Ensure that Employees are Engaged?
Both employers and employees have an equally important role in ensuring that people are engaged in their work. Employers need to make sure the conditions in the workplace encourage innovation,...
View ArticleIt Takes Two to Tango
I think it would be an easy cop-out to say that it is an Employer’s responsibility to keep workers engaged. Drilling down, one may even say it is Management’s sole function to keep workers engaged to...
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