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It was a three-way tie for a senior executive position and, as a means of gathering more information to assist with the final decision on this recruiting process, each candidate was requested to complete an online personality assessment of 80 questions. The resulting 15-page reports were available immediately and the

What do you do when there is no time for a cross-global trip and yet a recruitment process has to be run and a new executive chosen? A large international engineering company based in Sydney, Australia (Coffey Engineering – www.coffey.com) had recently acquired an engineering consulting firm located near Toronto.  The

The recruiting process is absolutely crucial when you’re trying to secure the best talent. From the first email to the final offer, every step of the recruiting process is key to sourcing top talent for your company. More often than not, an ideal candidate can get cold feet if something

When you’ve found the right candidate for the role, it’s the best feeling.  You’re excited, eager to get the offer out, and hoping that your competition doesn’t snag them before you can lock them down. But just as you’re about to celebrate, you remember one last step in the hiring

On October 10, 2009 Kevin Houle, President of Tracks and Wheels, a manufacturer and distributor of mining equipment based in Sudbury, Ontario, took off in his company’s Piper PA28 from Kingston, bound for Sudbury, with his wife, his daughter and her boyfriend aboard.  Eight hours later the wreckage of the

Finding top talent isn’t always easy. Regardless if you are hiring for an entry-level position or an executive role, it can be really hard to sit back and hope the right applicant finds you. Not to mention, other companies and competitors are vying to win those top candidates, and competition

Productivity (or the lack of it) – who gets the credit (or the blame), front line employees or management/ownership? Lately there has been a lot of discussion about productivity, or rather Canada’s disappointing record of productivity increases over time.  There also seems to be a certain amount of confusion about

Nightmare! You are General Manager of ACME Widget and your current Manager of Widget Distribution isn’t working out.  After spending several months engaging with him about his performance and moving from verbal warnings and coaching to a more formalized and documented performance improvement program, he still isn’t improving fast enough. 

Employees have a duty to provide reasonable notice when resigning.  However, it may be difficult to claim damages unless the cost to the company stemming from the lack of notice (not the cost of the resignation) is greater than the wages saved in the employee’s absence. Refer to this interesting

Most managers don’t worry about recruiting unless there is a hole to fill.  Holes can open suddenly if someone unexpectedly gives their notice, or they can develop slowly over time as a problem employee fails to respond to attempts to salvage them, or their responsibilities outgrow their abilities.  Holes also