by Mississauga Board of Trade | Dec 10, 2015 | Best practices, Hiring, Human Resources, Uncategorized
By Jan van der Hoop Call it Lean, Kaizen, ISO, TQM, Continuous Improvement… after 25+ years of significant effort and umpteen variations, companies are still not benefiting from these operating principles as much as they could be. And they certainly don’t seem to be...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Nov 6, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources, Uncategorized
By Jan van der Hoop Over the course of my career, I’ve had the privilege to work in a couple of organizations who had the courage and good sense to employ people with disabilities. My first such experience dates back to 1979 or 1980, at what was then the Hilton (now...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Sep 23, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources, Social Media, Uncategorized
By Marc Belaiche and Nicole Paloucci The number of job seekers using their mobile device to search for jobs has risen significantly over the last few years. By converting your job postings to a mobile-friendly version, you can increase the number of potential...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Sep 2, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources
By Jan van der Hoop When it comes to hiring, we’ve all heard the old adage, ‘Hire for attitude, and train whatever’. It’s certainly not a new concept, but it’s one that’s been notoriously hard to do consistently well. We’ve all learned to rely on our ‘gut’ in...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Aug 26, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources
By Marc Belaiche Some estimates indicate that Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964) currently account for as much as 46 percent of the Canadian workforce. In addition, according to Statistics Canada, it is likely that one out of every four people in the labour...
by Mississauga Board of Trade | Jul 7, 2015 | Hiring, Human Resources, Uncategorized
By Jan van der Hoop We have all developed our own tricks for dealing with a stack of résumés. I’ve seen my share over the years, from the fanciful (Google-like screening questions along the lines of ‘How many golf balls would it take to fill Lake Ontario?’) to the...
