The Human Resources Blog

There has been considerable public debate over the proposed retail development in Leslieville, in Toronto’s east end. While debates about city land use development are critically important to our community, the one unfortunate part of this debate has been the misleading and negative portrayal of retail jobs and their value to the City of Toronto […]

This is the top management position in the Communications Center, providing centralized communication services to the City and various contract agencies. These services include the operation of a computer aided dispatch system, design of new communications systems and maintenance of existing systems and equipment. The position interfaces on a continuing basis with the Police, Fire, […]

Circuit City Stores Inc. chief executive, Philip J. Schoonover, received compensation in fiscal 2008 valued by the company at about $2.1 million, far less than the $17.1 million he earned in the prior year.
The lower compensation was mainly because in fiscal 2007, he received stock and stock options valued at $16 million for his promotion […]

More trouble at DynaMotive Energy Systems Corp., a Vancouver-based company that trades on the OTC Bulletin Board in the United States.
The company has spent more than $50 million constructing two plants in Ontario to turn wood waste into biofuel. However, as noted in my May 23 column, it has:
- No recorded revenues despite repeated claims […]

The average rate of pay for top executives came down last year though CEOs at larger companies received substantial raises, according to a study released Thursday.
The Corporate Library, an independent corporate governance research firm, surveyed compensation data from 614 small and mid-sized U.S. companies based on SEC documents filed in the first quarter of 2008.
Overall, […]

It is estimated that the trained HR professional pool in the country is just about 2 per cent of what the industry actually needs. To tide over the crunch in the talent management team, Wipro Technologies launched the People�s Ambassador Programme last year.
As part of the programme, about 30 non-engineering graduates within Wipro will be […]

It is estimated that the trained HR professional pool in the country is just about 2 per cent of what the industry actually needs. To tide over the crunch in the talent management team, Wipro Technologies launched the People�s Ambassador Programme last year.
As part of the programme, about 30 non-engineering graduates within Wipro will be […]

ONE OF West Cumbria’s biggest jobs fairs takes place at at the Washington Central Hotel, Washington Street, Workington on Thursday, June 5.
The event, hosted by Cumbrian Newspapers, which publishes the Times & Star, will have exhibitions from some of the area’s biggest employers including Iggesund Paperboard, James Walker Ltd and Studsvik.
Kerry Scott, from James Walker […]

Theodore Pendergrass was shocked in November, 2006, when the Walgreens (WAG) pharmacy chain rejected his application for a store supervisor job. The company told him a background-screening firm called ChoicePoint (CPS) reported that a past employer had accused him of “cash register fraud and theft of merchandise” totaling $7,313. “I wanted to cry,” Pendergrass says. […]

New owners and leaders are usually very quick to become change agents and very often change involves getting some of the employees out of the way. Susan Meisinger (HR Magazine, March 2008) makes the point that the impact of major organisational changes on employee attitudes cannot be overstated.
She says that change can create enormous tension […]