Hello RNG,

I was hoping to get some help or feedback from my peers.

My organization is currently embarking upon a global employee referral program and are coming up against a wall when it comes to best practices in Asia and Latin America in terms of referral bonuses.

If anyone has information on best practices in these countries, or has contacts that I may be able to touch base with it would be appreciated.

Hello RNG,

I am currently trying to source a list (if one exists) of the top Canadian Recruiters/Search Firms by industry.

If anyone knows of any sources that I could use it would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Jessica

OTTAWA - A surprisingly big increase in the number of self-employed workers in Canada last month has provided a sign that the deepest recession in decades could be approaching bottom, although observers say it's too soon to say the labour market recovery is at hand.

Read full article,...  http://bit.ly/13QChP

I am not sure when I first heard about twitter, but I do remember the first time I took notice of it.  I signed up to see what all the buzz was about, next thing you know I am following Shaq/Shaquille O’Neal (famous basketball player).  I am following along with Shaq as he struggles through a new diet, laughing at the fact he slips once in a while and indulges in a cinnamon bun or 2.  Recently, Shaq announced that he was at a certain Starbucks and that he would give his game basketball tickets away to the first person that asked him for then.  That’s when the penny dropped for me, and I recognized Twitter’s tremendous potential and power as a recruitment vehicle.  Your first reaction might be....who cares? As recruitment professional you should care, and here’s why.

Read this really cool article around ”Treating employees the way we expect them to treat our customers”. Interesting how the message started at the top. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090414.wfourseasons_two0414/EmailBNStory/globebooks/home

The Conference Board of Canada laid out a grim outlook for employment for this year and next last week, saying the Canadian economy fell "off a cliff" in the first three months of 2009. The Board is predicting that unemployment in Canada will steadily rise this year, and peak at 9.5 per cent in the middle of 2010. The March Statistics Canada 2009 numbers seem to support the Board`s forecast, confirming that the unemployment rate was up 0.3 percentage points to 8.0%, the highest rate in seven years.