Human resource news and features from Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. Popular topics include remote work, demographic shifts, recruiting, retention, shortages and the evolving world of human resources in a post-pandemic workplace.
Solving shortage of construction workers key to housing growth: experts
Solving a longstanding construction worker shortage will be key to boosting housing supply, experts say, as Canada’s national housing agency continues to forecast housing start levels
Toxic positivity: Why workplaces suffer when employees always look on the bright side
Toxic positivity, or what some consultants call “playing pretend” in the workplace, isn’t new, but it can be detrimental as employers strive to improve workplace
Region’s unemployment rate jumps to 4.8% in March as local economy sheds jobs
Canada’s unemployment rate jumped to 6.1 per cent in March as more people looked for work, Statistics Canada reported Friday.
Ottawa’s Andrea Greenhous on how hybrid work put the spotlight on internal communications
Over 20 years ago, Andrea Greenhous started blazing a trail in Ottawa with her internal communications firm Vision2Voice. Today, as tech shifts or workers stay
Accommodating neurodivergent employees can increase workplace innovation, creativity
For many businesses, diversity and inclusion is an important part of a well-rounded workplace. But when it comes to accommodating and hiring employees who are
Keystone Awards salutes companies for creation of jobs, jobs, jobs
Canadian billionaire businessman Frank Stronach was in town last night to help launch the Keystone Awards for Job Creation recognizing dozens of private company employers
Three Ottawa-based legal professionals recognized for outstanding achievements
Three Ottawa-based legal professionals will be recognized for their career achievements at the Law Society of Ontario 2024 awards ceremony in May.
Find out if your company is one of Ottawa’s best places to work
Is your company one of the city’s best places to work? Be sure to take this year’s survey to find out.
Region gains just 1,200 jobs in February as unemployment rate rises to 4.7%
Ottawa-Gatineau’s unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months in February as job gains failed to keep pace with population growth, Statistics Canada
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