Technology is evolving at a rapid rate, with disruptive innovations like A.I. upending how companies do business. Given change as a constant in tech, talent has also experienced turbulence: work environments have pin-balled from fully in-office to fully at-home, settling everywhere in between. Moreover, yesterday’s skills are not the same as tomorrow’s. Heading into 2024, […]
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Leadership on Alert as Gen Z Displays New Expectations of Corporate World
A majority of Canadian employees want to be able to have “tough conversations” at work, but most don’t feel safe enough communicating heavy content to their managers. This finding hails from “Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable at Work,” a new report from Achievers Workforce Institute. As the Boomer and X generations leave the workforce, replacing […]
Achievers Report Reveals Tactics to Avoid ‘Great Resignation’ of 2024
A survey of Human Resources professionals in Canada found that two-thirds of employees “have one foot out the door.” The survey is a part of the sixth annual 2024 Engagement and Retention report from Achievers Workforce Institute, the research arm of employee experience solutions company Achievers. “In 2021, AWI predicted the Great Resignation, when more […]
The Best Workplaces for Today’s Youth in Canadian Tech
The 2021 list of Best Workplaces™ for Today’s Youth has been published and a handful of Canadian technology companies made the grade. The Best Workplaces™ for Today’s Youth list is based on direct feedback from employees of the hundreds of organizations that were surveyed by Great Place to Work®. Among the companies on the list […]
Over 800 Networkers Attended the Tech Talent Toronto Job Fair
The Tech Talent Toronto job fair on February 26th at Steam Whistle Brewing was a huge success with over 800 in attendance. Exhibiting companies included Achievers, CBC/Radio-Canada, CIBC, Cover, CrowdRiff, FormHero, Okta, Platterz, Rogers, STACK, and TouchBistro hiring for 500+ open positions. Throughout the evening, hiring company execs pitched a crowd of hungry job seekers […]
What are Canada’s Best Workplaces for Inclusion
All people everywhere deserve to work in an organization where they trust their leaders, take pride in what they do, and enjoy their colleagues. More and more organizations realize that high-trust workplaces—where every employee’s potential is realized—are good for business and good for society. When there’s an authentic commitment to inclusion, fairness and trust-building throughout […]
Achievers Believes Culture is the Key to a Company’s Success
Just one-third of employees plan to stay at their jobs this year, a recent survey suggests. The alarming statistic hails from a new report published by Achievers, an employee voice and recognition solution designed to build cultures of performance. The year before, less than half of those surveyed made the same claim. While the numbers may be […]