ENGAGE HR has contributed to the Pakistan Flood Relief and would like to share with you the means to do the same.
Please go to: http://www.redcross.ca/studentsforpakistan/ if you would like to contribute to the relief efforts. The government is matching all monetary donations made to a registered fund.
In a recent update from the Canadian Red Cross Secretary- General Conrad Sauve - he spoke of the devastation and incomprehensible impact on the people of Pakistan:
"Regardless of the images we see on television or the statistics we read in newspapers, it is impossible to appreciate the scale of the physical destruction and human impact of the flooding. To put the devastation into context, one major river has swelled in width to from one kilometre to 60 kilometres. My mission took me to three of the most heavily-hit flood zones, where we passed by destroyed bridges, washed-out roads, newly-created lakes and kilometres of sodden ground. We witnessed families whose homes had been destroyed walking along roadways with their possessions in carts or on their backs. We visited camps where children and families continue to be vulnerable to malnutrition, dehydration and disease."
Contributions to the fund are being used to deliver water, food, shelter and other essential items. It is estimated that emergency assistance will be required for at least another 6 months - at which time the long-term task of rebuilding the affected areas begins.
Please consider donating. Thank you!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Summer Intern Insight!
As the ‘Summer Intern’ for ENGAGE HR I was introduced to the world of HR for the first time. I was unfamiliar with the industry prior to my internship and did not realize the extent of HR services available! Who knew there was a lot more to HR than simply payroll and recruitment?! I was quickly made aware of the complicated issues the ENGAGE HR Team deals with on a day-to-day basis – everything from answering the 24/7 Hotline for HR advice to implementing organizational changes. The team has extensive knowledge of everything HR and supports their clients in every way possible.
If I have learned anything during my time at ENGAGE HR it’s that effective HR Management is essential to any business. Many businesses do not leverage the potential of HR, unaware of the business capabilities it brings to the table. In turning to ENGAGE HR for advice and support for any people-management issue, or to find out how to strategically optimize the HR department you already have in place, I have no doubt the team here will provide you with a customized and practical solution that suits your company. I have learnt that HR issues can be much more intricate than they appear, and that speaking with someone with the appropriate knowledge and experience - who will recognize all the sub-issues and complex elements - can be highly beneficial.
My time with ENGAGE HR is drawing to a close and I will be sad to leave all the amazing people I have worked with over the months. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ENGAGE HR team! I wish you all the best!
Nicola Morland
If I have learned anything during my time at ENGAGE HR it’s that effective HR Management is essential to any business. Many businesses do not leverage the potential of HR, unaware of the business capabilities it brings to the table. In turning to ENGAGE HR for advice and support for any people-management issue, or to find out how to strategically optimize the HR department you already have in place, I have no doubt the team here will provide you with a customized and practical solution that suits your company. I have learnt that HR issues can be much more intricate than they appear, and that speaking with someone with the appropriate knowledge and experience - who will recognize all the sub-issues and complex elements - can be highly beneficial.
My time with ENGAGE HR is drawing to a close and I will be sad to leave all the amazing people I have worked with over the months. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the ENGAGE HR team! I wish you all the best!
Nicola Morland
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
HR Professionals: Are you ready to take on a world of business?
It may not be widely realized by the outside world quite yet, but I do hope all of you HR professionals out there will agree – Human Resources is an exciting field to be a part of! The ‘HR brand’ has been changing and is still evolving: HR professionals are winning the battle to internally brand HR as a key strategic player, as the value of strategic HR processes is being increasingly recognized, and the use of HR as a strategic tool is gaining momentum among organizations of all sizes and across all industries. With HR expanding in scope and depth – demonstrating its worth to those who have long dismissed it as nothing more than the traditional administrative function – those organizations taking a strategic approach to HR are finding the return on investment is high.
As HR moves up to the big leagues and steps up to the plate, HR professionals are responsible for ensuring they do not ‘swing and miss’. The HR field has been in an ongoing struggle to prove its strategic value, and now, as we are presented with the opportunity to do just that, it makes it even more necessary for those working in the field to have the business skills to turn an HR problem into a business solution, and a strategic HR plan into a sustained business advantage.
Is there any doubt HR is a key driving force behind organizational success? Not any more! Numerous studies have erased it, studies like those by Professor Dan Ondrack from the J.L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Professor Ondrack’s study has shown that Best Employer firms outperform the competition in any given industry. It is no secret that having the right people, in the right place, driven to do the right things is the foundation for business success. What we need to ask ourselves is what do HR people need to do and what do we need to be really good at, to ensure that we hit that home run and leave the competition scrambling to get back in the game?
The answer? HR leaders have to have essential business skills, sound business knowledge, an analytical mind, the drive to succeed and the ability to communicate with their peers from other business fields. The reality is that HR has a larger role to play than perhaps even HR professionals realize. In a world where ethics and good corporate governance is no longer a ‘bonus’ but a necessity, HR has the opportunity to help the organization manage risk and enable and empower employees to do the right things and take the right steps. HR is responsible for creating levels of accountability, and for taking any steps necessary from a governance perspective to ensure that questionable business behaviour is not tolerated.
So, to all you HR Professionals, I ask you: Are you ready to take on a world of business?
Jennifer Roney
e: jenny@engagehr.com
As HR moves up to the big leagues and steps up to the plate, HR professionals are responsible for ensuring they do not ‘swing and miss’. The HR field has been in an ongoing struggle to prove its strategic value, and now, as we are presented with the opportunity to do just that, it makes it even more necessary for those working in the field to have the business skills to turn an HR problem into a business solution, and a strategic HR plan into a sustained business advantage.
Is there any doubt HR is a key driving force behind organizational success? Not any more! Numerous studies have erased it, studies like those by Professor Dan Ondrack from the J.L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Professor Ondrack’s study has shown that Best Employer firms outperform the competition in any given industry. It is no secret that having the right people, in the right place, driven to do the right things is the foundation for business success. What we need to ask ourselves is what do HR people need to do and what do we need to be really good at, to ensure that we hit that home run and leave the competition scrambling to get back in the game?
The answer? HR leaders have to have essential business skills, sound business knowledge, an analytical mind, the drive to succeed and the ability to communicate with their peers from other business fields. The reality is that HR has a larger role to play than perhaps even HR professionals realize. In a world where ethics and good corporate governance is no longer a ‘bonus’ but a necessity, HR has the opportunity to help the organization manage risk and enable and empower employees to do the right things and take the right steps. HR is responsible for creating levels of accountability, and for taking any steps necessary from a governance perspective to ensure that questionable business behaviour is not tolerated.
So, to all you HR Professionals, I ask you: Are you ready to take on a world of business?
Jennifer Roney
e: jenny@engagehr.com
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Welcome to the EHR Blog!
Welcome to our new, and therefore entirely improved, blog! Here ENGAGE HR's team will try their hands at sharing their thoughts and offering advice on the world in which we all work. We would love to hear your comments, so please feel free to email us at any time on info@engagehr.com to provide us with your feedback!
I would like to take this opportunity to talk with you about our new website! This has been a work-in-progress for the past few months and it was with mounting excitement that we developed content, discussed design, made plans, discussed design again and added even more content until it was time to prepare for the launch. By that point I was just so thrilled I wanted to call back everyone that had ever seen our old site and say “you just HAVE to see the new one!” And while I have managed refrain, the eager-beaver in me, and in the whole team, has been right there with us the past few weeks as we have prepared for launch, because we truly want to maximize our clients’ experience and be able to provide quick and easy access to the information that visitors to our website are looking for. So now the website is up and we are hoping that it does just that! If there is anything you would like to see on the website that is not already included, or if you have any comments or enquiries in general, please feel free to call us on 905.306.8111 and we would be pleased to chat with you!
We would like to thank our wonderful brand and design consultants at Jump for their time, effort and support in helping us to put together our new website! Their patience, help and advice made the process a lot easier than we thought it would be – and we are thrilled with the outcome. Thank you!
Jennifer Roney
e: jenny@engagehr.com
I would like to take this opportunity to talk with you about our new website! This has been a work-in-progress for the past few months and it was with mounting excitement that we developed content, discussed design, made plans, discussed design again and added even more content until it was time to prepare for the launch. By that point I was just so thrilled I wanted to call back everyone that had ever seen our old site and say “you just HAVE to see the new one!” And while I have managed refrain, the eager-beaver in me, and in the whole team, has been right there with us the past few weeks as we have prepared for launch, because we truly want to maximize our clients’ experience and be able to provide quick and easy access to the information that visitors to our website are looking for. So now the website is up and we are hoping that it does just that! If there is anything you would like to see on the website that is not already included, or if you have any comments or enquiries in general, please feel free to call us on 905.306.8111 and we would be pleased to chat with you!
We would like to thank our wonderful brand and design consultants at Jump for their time, effort and support in helping us to put together our new website! Their patience, help and advice made the process a lot easier than we thought it would be – and we are thrilled with the outcome. Thank you!
Jennifer Roney
e: jenny@engagehr.com
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