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A New Understanding of

Candidate Behaviour

by Gabriel Bouchard, President

Workopolis.com

Traditionally, the recruitment

industry has classified

candidates as either being

active or passive. But

segmenting the market solely

based on whether or not a

person is engaged in a job

search limits our understanding

of where candidates actually

are in the job-change

decision-making process...

Here is a new way of looking at

the candidate market, which

more accurately accounts

for candidates' receptiveness

to job opportunities and level

of urgency to act:   

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Discussion Theme: The HR Challenge: Recruiting & Keeping the Best Talent

The archived video is of a live interactive panel & audience (including web) discussion held on January 25th, 2010. (Note: The video is the non-edited version of the Direct Engagement Show produced for television.)

The discussion focused on learning what the priorities of both public & private organizations are in today's economic climate in respect to their labour requirements.  Hear discussion on finding and acquiring the best talent & retention initiatives. 

What you will hear:

• The information gap in HR. How HR need to tell their story better to gain critical mass in the decisions of senior management.
• Future plans of the Government of Ontario on contracting out HR functions.
• Making the case for strategic HR management for small & medium businesses.
• Exploiting the small & medium business advantage in HR over the gorillas.
• Medium businesses more at risk in HR than small businesses.
• Being a 'Recognition & Awards Company'.
• The need for creating a strong brand as it becomes the employees brand towards attracting the best talent.
• Recruiting beyond the use of salary compensation.
• Thoughts on "credentialism".
• The recruitment challenge, getting access to qualified people.
• Reducing the cost of hiring. Mitigating the risk.
• Assessing human capital is strategic.
• Retention Strategy: Developing the employee 'A' list and fast tracking those in it.
• The global competition for the best talent.  The need to build a national brand.
• Tapping into highly skilled immigrants.  The Government of Ontario initiative.

Panelists from left to right:

• Hon. Harinder Takhar, Minister of Government Services
• Angela Coke, Associate Deputy Minister, HR Ontario, Ontario Public Service
• Gabriel Bouchard, President, Workopolis
• Rick Spence, Columnist/Journalist, Financial Post & Profit Magazine

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