News and Opinion for HR, Talent and Leaders
In episode 113 of the HRchat show, Bill Banham interviews Jesse Ryan about ways to hone your hiring. Jesse is Founder of High Road Human Capital, a Veteran Owned – Diversity Supplier. In addition to leading the company, Jesse’s role is to seek out organizations that can benefit from their unique approach to solving HR and […]
Employee Exercise Tips for HR and Leaders Increased stressed, continually being plugged into technology, and long working hours has led to a need for fitness and well-being in the place of work. The somewhat inactive lifestyle of little exercise and mostly work has taken its toll on the mental and physical wellness of many employees, […]
Many people are still not used to the term Gen Z. The generational conversation has been focused primarily around Millennials for the past 5 years however now the time to look at the next generation. Gen Z, the group of individuals born between the years 1996 and 2010, is finally starting to enter the workforce […]
When deciding whether you’re going to hire someone you need to know why you’re making the decision you are making. Since not all of our logic and decision making is completely conscious, you need to remember these few tricks in order to ignore and avoid those unconscious biases when hiring someone.
The InnovateWork Toronto gang will be hosting their first community meetup tonight at The Citizen on King West. Around 50 HR, Talent and Tech pros are expected to come out to network and share innovative ideas about how to improve the world of work and see a session presented by Travis Dutka, Culture Curator at 360insights. Travis spends […]
In this episode of the HRchat podcast, Bill Banham talks with Jeremy Shaki, Co-Founder and CEO at Lighthouse Labs, an organization with a mission to help bring extremely important and hard to achieve technical professional skills to people at the level they are seeking them – be that upgrading their coding skills for non-technical roles, […]
Lots of people around the world own pets. In many cases, pets tend to be dogs or cats. If you are a pet owner, there is a probability that your schedule involves you waking up in the morning, going through your normal morning routines, and then leaving for work. Your beloved companion gets to remain […]
US Company, Canadian Worker. Cross-Border Employment Tips In this episode of the HRchat show, I’ve returned as a guest host. I got a chance to chat with Marc Pavlopoulos, a Silicon Valley software executive and Founder of Syndesus, which builds engineering teams in Canada for US tech companies. Listen to this HRchat episode and discover: […]
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 […]
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 […]