Tonight is the night that many of us at Career Edge Organization have been waiting for. Our staff has been hard at work ensuring that the 2009/10 Achievement Awards is a flawlessly executed event enjoyed by all of our guests including host employers, partner organizations, government officials, interns and alumni. We are looking forward to seeing familiar and new faces at the Toronto Board of Trade this evening. Career Edge Organization recognizes our talent, partnerships and successes annually and the ... read more

Click here to go directly to the audio clip Last week Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion held the “Mayor’s Job Creation Summit,” to gather insights and ideas from key stakeholders in the community. The idea behind this was to identify, understand and put forth solutions to employment challenges in Mississauga, with a special focus on youth and newcomers. Led by a Steering Committee of prominent figures in Mississauga business, government, not-for-profit, education ... read more

Congratulations to Dan Gignac, CHRP at Aecon who won our prize draw at the HRPA conference and trade show! Dan's business card was randomly selected (via the scientific method of reaching my hand into a glass bowl, eyes closed and no peeking!) among dozens of entries from visitors to the Career Edge Organization booth. The prize includes two HR-related books, “Loyalty, unplugged” by Adwoa K. Buahene and Giselle Kovary, and “read more

For our latest quarterly e-Newsletter, CareerBulletin, employment branding experts, Tamm, contributed an article on becoming an employer-of-choice. Ciabh McEvenue, Managing Director at Tamm, provides some great tips including: 1. Know who you are – storytelling is key, according to Ciabh, who encourages employers to come out of hiding from “behind a veneer of business language,” and show personality. 2. Engage your talent – who better to tell your story than your own people? Ciabh ... read more

I came across an interesting article on the Charity Village website this morning, written by Tim Rutledge, Ph.D., a veteran human resources consultant and publisher. It's generally accepted in HR and employment worlds that, on average, only 30% of employees are "engaged." So what about the other 70%? Rutledge blames "the fish pond mentality" among other chronic workplace issues.

Many consultants trumpet the presence of such things as snack carts and fish ponds as reasons why a company is a great place to

Last week, Career Edge Organization conquered the Human Resources Professionals Association’s Annual Conference and Tradeshow – aka HRPA 20X. We not only took up post at the tradeshow as an exhibitor, we also had eyes and ears in the conference. So if you couldn’t make it out this year, no worries! Let us fill you in. Overview: More than 3,500 business professionals attend the HRPA Conference and Tradeshow annually, making it Canada’s top HR event and one ... read more