In the past few months there has been a large number of student applicants.  These students are potential pipeline for future full time employees for employers. It not only gives students work experience, it gives them an opportunity to determine the type of work and industry they would like to work for after graduating from […]

Volunteering is a great way to give back to a community.  It gives a really good feeling of doing something for an important cause. Personally, I have volunteered my time and really felt grateful to give back my knowledge and experience to others. It is also a great way to incorporate in the resume for […]

Working in the area of campus recruitment, I see that students have limited work experience because they are busy with getting an education. Internship and coop opportunities are great ways to get work experience.  Especially if students are part of coop or internship program in their school.   The school career centre or program advisor […]

Today many people turn on the BBQ for the last long weekend of the summer.  They celebrate with families and friends. Students also enjoy a day before starting school. It is definitely a holiday to celebrate because of this day, the labour union movement advocated rights of workers in the workplace.  This has helped create […]

Passwords have become a regular routine in our lives, from ATM machine’s, social media sites, blackberries, iphones, getting into our work computers and many more items.  We hope that passwords keep our information for our use only, however, I was reading the February 21, 2013 CBC article, “OK for police to search cellphone if no […]

The popular record store, HMV will be closing their doors because of poor sales.  This is due to the growth of digital downloads, the recession and competition from super stores.  Not does this loss of business effect the owners, and stakeholders, it also effects employees loosing their jobs. Loosing ones job can be a challenge […]

It has been an interesting time for the NHL, National Hockey League.  First the 113 day lockout and then Brian Burke’s, General Manager for the  hockey team the Toronto Maple leafs , was fired on January 9, 2013.  Brian Burke’s held the role for more than 4 years and had a management style that was […]

In Ontario, elementary teachers plan for strike action. The walkouts are in protest of Bill 115, which gives the government the power to stop strikes and impose collective bargaining agreements on teachers. Strikes occur when employees and management do not agree on the terms of employment. There are major advantages and disadvantages of strikes: The […]

It’s that time of year where many organizations determine an employee’s year end bonus. Performance appraisals have become a popular method of assessing employees in organizations since 1957, when “Douglas McGregor proposed that performance appraisals be used for feedback and developing employees “(Reda, 2010 page 8). The following are the challenges and benefits of performance […]

Today, November 26, 2012, Mayor Rob Ford has been terminated as Mayor of the city of Toronto because he has been accused of breaking the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act by receiving $3,150 in donations for his football charity. Similar situations happen in many organizations in Canada, where employees have a conflict of interest by […]