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A toxic workplace can do a lot of damage.
Why HR Compliance is Essential for SMBs Compliance isn’t sexy, but neither is getting caught with your pants down. Unless you’re into that sort of thing. Do you own and operate a small business? Are you looking for your plus one? Are you overwhelmed, anxious, scared, worried or losing sleep thinking about the do’s and […]

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Ilya Brotzky, CEO and CoFounder of VanHack, a leading Canadian HR Tech startup. Featured in Fast Company, BC Business, and Betakit, Ilya leads a team of 30+ employees from 11 countries with the mission of creating a borderless world for tech talent through jobs. The […]
Employees Need Disability Protection. Here’s How HR Can Help It’s common knowledge that benefits account for a significant portion of an employer’s spend on its workforce. In fact, benefits make up nearly one-third of an employer’s hourly compensation costs. In September 2018, average compensation costs totaled $36.63 per employee per hour with $11.60 of that […]

As Canada’s tech economy continues to grow, the ability for companies to hire and retain quality tech talent locally is becoming increasingly difficult. With the introduction of Canada’s Global Talent Stream in 2017, the process has become much more streamlined. Where it could easily have taken up to three months to process a visa in […]

In this episode of the HRchat show, we hear from Tony Deblauwe, author, of such books such as Tangling with Tyrants about boss behavior, ways leaders can better engage and motivate employees, and how to avoid burnout in the workplace. Listen to this HRchat episode and discover: What are some of the challenge for organizations in developing […]

Personality Tests and Employee Selection: What Research Says? The use of personality data in classifying and measuring individuals on a set of personality characteristics & traits is playing key role in transforming Talent Acquisition. Many researchers share a common consensus on grouping the traits into five broad dimensions – conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, and […]

Tips for Tracking Recruitment Campaigns Why should you be sure you’re tracking your recruitment marketing campaigns? Isn’t it enough that you know they’re bringing in candidates? Frankly, no, not really. This may look a lot like a list of metrics, and there’s a good reason for that. The ultimate goal of a recruitment marketing campaign […]

You might have heard about the concept of blockchain but do you know how it affects the recruitment process? The concept of blockchain technology was introduced in 2009 with the development of Bitcoin, which is a virtual currency. What is Blockchain? A blockchain is a time-stamped series of unchanging records of data, which is […]

In episode 91 of the HRchat show, we hear from Kelley Steven-Waiss, Chief Human Resources Officer at HERE Technologies, where she oversees the company’s human resource management and talent strategy.