You develop a job posting that perfectly promotes the opportunity within your organization; your culture, the position profile and a summary of the ideal candidate who will be as passionate about the role as you are! It’s perfect – so you post it. And you wait… This summarizes the start of many companies’ current recruitment …
Author: Amanda Charron
Amanda is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources who holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing degree from the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business. She is an experienced Recruiter and has worked previously within various industries to support full cycle recruiting. Amanda specializes in Targeted Recruiting, working closely with clients and Salopek’s consulting team to execute searches that identify, source and place professionals. Amanda’s Targeted Recruiting support includes successfully recruiting for a diverse range of professionals, from executive leadership roles and senior management, technical services, trades professionals and support roles. Amanda’s HR experience also includes assisting managers with employee relations, exit interviews, policies & procedures and employment standards inquiries.
2019 Run to Renew Recap – Dog Day of Summer
While Calgary’s summer certainly wasn’t a sultry one, Salopek & Associates’ 4th Annual Run to Renew didn’t disappoint, delivering at least one dog day of summer with its howling success! Despite a severe weather delay, which caused us to move our Run from early summer to the last day of the season, on September 22nd …
Employment Standard Changes Summer-y
The morning air is a cool, leaves are starting to collect on the ground and kids have started back to school. Sure, we’ll all wait at least a couple more weeks until we retire our patio furniture pillows to the basement for storage, but it’s hard to deny…summer is over. That being said – in …
5 Workplace Group Costumes to Win Halloween
Trick or Treat?! No seriously, with Halloween falling on a Wednesday this year, professionals excited about dressing up will want to make sure their corporate costumes come across more festive than offensive. Which, depending on where you work and the dress code in place, may prove to be quite the tricky task! A great way …
Salopek Family Farewell- Leah Fochuk
Working with people you respect, enjoy spending time with, and can learn from are critical components to being happy at work, and also happier in life. There are numerous studies and stats that back this up, but I think we could all probably agree that the impact of working with people we like (or don’t) …
The Cost of a Coffee
Every weekday my husband spends $1.77 at Tim Hortons on a coffee. Every day – without fail. At first I thought the cost, although minimal compared to my $4.99 Starbucks obsession, was wasteful and unnecessary considering his employer offers free coffee at the office. But, upon further consideration, I started to realize what that $1.77 …
A Compelling Case for Corporate Carpooling
With the Labour Day long weekend behind us and everyone preparing to trade their tans for turtle necks, I started thinking about what this time of year used to mean for me…back to school, back to sports programs, and catching up with friends about what they got up to over the summer holidays. With Fall …
Maternity Leave Today
Ok, so not actually today, but tomorrow! Tomorrow I will officially be starting my maternity leave from Salopek & Associate, and I have to say, it feels a bit bitter sweet! Don’t get me wrong, I’m very excited about the new full time job I am about to embark on and all the challenges ahead …
Happy Holidays from Salopek & Associates!
A few members of the Salopek team are unfortunately missing from this year’s photo, including Shawna McGovern-Burke, Saira Gangji, Margaret Lau, Meigan Guthrie, Anna-Rita Lunghi, Jill Sullivan and Tanya Kensington. From all our Consultants in Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver, we wish you a very happy holidays!
HR E-Store Update – Employment Standards Changes
Salopek’s HR E-Store offers online access to a comprehensive library of HR Policies, Forms, Manuals and Guides that are easily accessible and customizable to suit your company’s culture and practices, while ensuring compliance with employment standards & legislation. In response to Bill 17 and the resulting Alberta Employment Standard changes, which come into effect on Jan. …