BC Business contacted Clear HR Consulting for advice and expertise for their feature article on hiring from within and its impact on employee retention. Here's what Cissy Pau had to say about the challenges for small businesses in keeping staff they've invested in: “You've basically trained them up so they can join another company and [...]
During today's uncertain economic times, many companies are considering downsizing their annual Christmas party as a way to cut costs. However, there are employee retention issues to consider when making this decision. Increasing morale, demonstrating appreciation, and offering reassurance to staff are some reasons that business owners want to go ahead with holiday parties. While [...]
Statistics Canada's annual Workplace and Employee Survey found that Canadian employers who offer their employees performance bonuses have higher productivity and customer satisfaction and keep their employees longer than those employers who don't offer performance bonuses. Yet, the numbers of Canadian employers who offer performance bonuses decreased from 40.1 per cent in 1999 to 36.9 [...]
With the tremendous economic growth of Western Canada comes a significant side-effect: more jobs are being created than there are people to fill them. The unemployment rates in Canada’s three western provinces currently hover around 4%. It’s anticipated that this labour shortage will only get worse over the next few years. There is tremendous attention [...]
