The Personnel Department has embarked on a journey with an organization called Climate Smart Businesses Inc. Climate Smart is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based social enterprise that was launched by Ecotrust Canada, an enterprising nonprofit whose purpose is to build the conservation economy.
Climate Smart grew out of the recognition that the engines of our local economies [...]
( From the Montreal Gazette by Jay Bryan)
While unemployment is dropping, it’s still a big preoccupation, a fact underlined yesterday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which warned that governments mustn’t take their focus off joblessness just because there’s a recovery. That’s true, of course, but the remarkable thing is that at the same [...]
Recently we conducted a short interview with one of our founders asking 4 questions. Here is part 2 of the interview.
Sepi:
What does The Personnel Department do?
Peter:
Our business is connecting and keeping the right people with the right companies.
We provide organizations a suite of Human Resource and Recruitment Solutions that embrace Cost Effective …
Recruitment and Executive Search [...]
The Personnel Department has embarked on a journey with an organization called Climate Smart Businesses Inc. Climate Smart is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based social enterprise that was launched by Ecotrust Canada, an enterprising nonprofit whose purpose is to build the conservation economy.
Climate Smart grew out of the recognition that the engines of our local economies [...]
( From the Montreal Gazette by Jay Bryan)
While unemployment is dropping, it’s still a big preoccupation, a fact underlined yesterday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which warned that governments mustn’t take their focus off joblessness just because there’s a recovery. That’s true, of course, but the remarkable thing is that at the same [...]
Corporate Culture, Executive Search, Human Resources, Immigration, Job hunting, Recruitment, Retention, Skills Assessment, Temporary Staffing
Recently we conducted a short interview with one of our founders asking 4 questions. Here is part 2 of the interview.
Sepi:
What does The Personnel Department do?
Peter:
Our business is connecting and keeping the right people with the right companies.
We provide organizations a suite of Human Resource and Recruitment Solutions that embrace Cost Effective …
Recruitment and Executive Search [...]
We at The Personnel Department want to congratulate our very own Matthew Heiydt in his new position as Vice-President for BNI Power, effective immediately. He will be assuming the VP role until the end of March 2011.
Matthew will be responsible for the Membership committee, tracking of chapter performance and will operate as a key part [...]
Recently we conducted a short interview with one of our founders asking 4 questions. Here is part 1 of the interview.
Sepi:
How did The Personnel Department get started?
Peter:
In 1980 we launched The Personnel Department as a private corporation with the priority of being an employer of choice, of excellence a fair employer.
We created the world’s first [...]
David McEwen, Executive Assistant at The Personnel Department has just received his Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) designation!
A little bit about CHRP from its website: “Established in 1994, the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA) is a collaborative effort of human resources associations from across Canada, which represent more than 41,000 professionals, 21,000 of [...]
Leslie Meingast recently came back from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) 11th annual National Conference and Business Fair, Women in Business 2010: The Opportunity Connection.
This was an amazing conference for The Personnel Department to be a part of. It was the largest women trade business conference and the focus was on diversity and [...]
Attitude, Corporate Culture, Culture, Executive Search, Human Resources, Recruitment, Retention, Temporary Staffing
Leslie Meingast, President and CEO of The Personnel Department and International Director for Women Presidents’ Organization, is hosting Guy Saint-Jacques, Deputy Head of Mission at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
The Deputy Head is attending the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council’s (WBENC) 11th annual National Conference and Business Fair, Women in Business 2010: The Opportunity [...]
We recently re-posted an article filed by Staffing Industry Analysts about staffing firms suing the US government for a USCIS rule that information technology staffing firms are not “U.S. employers” and therefore aren’t eligible to bring in tech workers on H-1B visas.
Here is our perspective on this issue:
Temporary Staffing Firms that do not treat their”employees” [...]
In January, a document called the Neufeld Memo reversed previous USCIS policy and determined that IT staffing firms are not ‘U.S. employers’ allegedly because they don’t exercise control over their consultants.
June 8, 2010
Groups Sue Feds Over Anti-Staffing Rule
The TechServe Alliance and others filed a lawsuit Tuesday, June 8, against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The [...]
We Are Becoming Climate Smart!
Skills Squeeze Is Around the Corner
Question 2 of 4: What does The Personnel Department do?
Matthew Heiydt new Vice President for BNI Power!
Question 1 of 4: How did The Personnel Department get started?
David McEwen gets his CHRP designation!
Reflections on the WBENC Conference
Leslie Meingast Host to Deputy Head of Mission, Washington
Our perspective on “Groups Sue Feds Over Anti-Staffing Rule”
The mission of The Personnel Department® is to place good people with good companies. The Personnel Department® is a dynamic and growing global HR solutions corporation that excels at temporary staffing, staff recruiting, executive search, contract staffing, project staffing, and human resource consulting. We use an array of processes and resources dedicated to reducing uncertainty and improving efficiency in recruiting, screening and hiring staff at all levels of an organization.
