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HR Dive | January 24, 2020

Aligning talent with business objectives can substantially increase performance, retention and company competitiveness, according to The Predictive Index's State of Talent Optimization Report. The study of 600 executives, including 200 CEOs, found that the alignment between talent and performance yields a 90% "strategic success rate" for businesses. However, the index showed that while most organizations have a business strategy, only 36% of the respondents had a talent strategy, a...

Canada Life | June 01, 2020

Today, to kick off Pride month, members of Canada Life’s Pride @ Canada Life employee resource group raised a rainbow flag at the company’s offices in London, Regina, Toronto, and Winnipeg. In this time of global pandemic, we know that Pride celebrations will look different than in years past, but Pride’s celebration of diversity continues. Although we can’t physically join together to celebrate this summer, we’re proud to fly the rainbow flag in the spirit of toget...

HR PRACTICE

Certn | August 31, 2021

Certn, a British Columbia-based leader in background screening solutions, today announced the general availability of Certn Lime, an effortless self-service background check offering for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Certn Lime is available in Canada and the U.S. in a pay-as-you-go format. SMBs comprise over 98% of businesses in North America alone, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration and ISED Canada. For small businesses, it can be tempting t...

WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT

Randstad Sourceright | January 20, 2021

Even amid record high unemployment rates across the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, talent scarcity remains a significant challenge for businesses. As per the 2021 Talent Trends Report released by Randstad Sourceright, 40% of human capital leaders report that talent scarcity has adversely affected their organization – the most elevated all out in the previous five years. In view of a review of 850 C-suite and human capital leaders in 17 business sectors across the wo...