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Diversity Employment: February 2011
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Friday, February 25, 2011. Furthering the diversity business case. Yesterday the Globe and Mail ran a story titled Ethnic consumer the goal for new Loblaw president. That is interesting for multiple reasons. The article speaks to the issues, challenges and solutions that Loblaw. As a major retailer faces when it come to the "ethnic" or diversity market. Loblaw is a TalentOyster employer and was recently named as one of Canada's best diversity employers. Organization the article says:. This is the other, ...
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Diversity Employment: November 2011
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Recruiting for Diversity : What the best in the business are doing. We've all heard about the list of Canada's Best Diversity Employers award, but have you ever asked yourself what makes a company a great diversity recruiter? Here's a look at some of the winners of the 2011 Best Diversity Employers award, and what they're doing to excel at recruiting diverse candidates. Corus Entertainment isn't a huge company, but 9% of their employees, and 11% of their managers, are visible...
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Diversity Employment: December 2011
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011. The Competitive Advantage of Diversity Recruiting. If there's one thing business has learned since the economic meltdown of 2008, it's this: In a tough market, the key to success is innovation. Businesses who do nothing but imitate competitors not only don't get ahead, but start falling further and further behind. 1 Diversity innovators have a huge opportunity right now. In other words, a little bit of effort can go a long way in the current market. 3 You're letting your com...
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Diversity Employment: Political Correctness vs Reality
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011. Political Correctness vs Reality. When it comes to actually creating a diverse workforce I have often talked about how it is as simple as making sure that you are looking at everyone. Meanwhile I have written here before. About how sometimes that isn't really enough. In the previous context it's because sometimes you need quotas to break the non-diverse culture of an organization. Now this isn't applicable to all of our affinity groups. In any case though it's a tricky subject t...
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Diversity Employment: Do your employees really know what holidays you're celebrating?
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Do your employees really know what holidays you're celebrating? Now that all the stores are featuring huge displays of Hallowe'en candy, I was reminded of an office Hallowe'en party I went to a few years ago, which was a wakeup call about the need for more diversity awareness. We were all standing around the boardroom eating various pumpkin-shaped Rice Krispie treats, cupcakes with orange and black frosting, and of course there was lots and lots of candy. So this year, when y...
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Diversity Employment: Recruiting for Diversity : What the best in the business are doing
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011. Recruiting for Diversity : What the best in the business are doing. We've all heard about the list of Canada's Best Diversity Employers award, but have you ever asked yourself what makes a company a great diversity recruiter? Here's a look at some of the winners of the 2011 Best Diversity Employers award, and what they're doing to excel at recruiting diverse candidates. Corus Entertainment isn't a huge company, but 9% of their employees, and 11% of their managers, are visible...
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Diversity Employment: The Competitive Advantage of Diversity Recruiting
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011. The Competitive Advantage of Diversity Recruiting. If there's one thing business has learned since the economic meltdown of 2008, it's this: In a tough market, the key to success is innovation. Businesses who do nothing but imitate competitors not only don't get ahead, but start falling further and further behind. 1 Diversity innovators have a huge opportunity right now. In other words, a little bit of effort can go a long way in the current market. 3 You're letting your com...
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Diversity Employment: Your Recruitment Brand is Undermining Your Consumer Brand
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Monday, December 5, 2011. Your Recruitment Brand is Undermining Your Consumer Brand. Your sales and marketing department is working overtime to reach a diverse target market: They're creating advertising in different languages, making sure a wide variety of cultures and lifestyles are reflected in your marketing initiatives, and doing their best to make sure your consumer brand is appealing to a diverse community. So how come your recruitment efforts aren't reflecting the same commitment to diversity?
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Diversity Employment: January 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011. The goal for any diversity recruitment initiative should be, of course, to actually hire more diverse people but it's not always easy to get there. Especially at a time when the internet has become such an everyday occurrence for everyone. It's not just diversity recruitment that has this issue but any recruiting, sourcing and hiring. So that's all very good but I hear you saying "I need to find more/better candidates! I learned early and often that you can have the greatest pla...
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