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Summer Workshop Series: Ready to Meet Your Next Great Employee?
Despite the beautifully warm weather and lure of the mountains, CAES job seekers and staff have been having a uncharacteristically productive August. While the rest of the city is seemingly in vacation mode, we have been running workshops twice per week and can...
The Real Impact of Funding Cuts: The Closure of CUAI
In the midst of the ongoing speculation surrounding our economy, a newly elected provincial government, and a federal election in the fall - I wanted to take time to shed light on what I feel is perhaps sadly one of the most short sighted casualties of government...
The Other, Other Side of the Minimum Wage Debate
Previous blog posts by my esteemed colleagues have done a fantastic job of shedding light on skewed reporting and dispelling common myths surrounding the increase to the Alberta Minimum Wage. I feel it would be remiss not to shed light on the seldom considered,...
Raising the Minimum Wage
The conversation around raising the minimum wage in Alberta, as elsewhere, is dominated by speculation and hypothetical scenarios that all too often involve some type of economic collapse. Rather than languishing in the doldrum of worry, let's explore some of the...
Minimum Wage Debate: Dispelling Common Myths
Michal Rozworski’s article 'Five Myths to Bust about Minimum Wage Hikes' shares with the reader 5 myths regarding the minimum wage hikes, and starts off with a preliminary background on the issue of raising the minimum wage. Rozworski expands into the effect it...
The Minimum Wage Debate Mini Series
This series of upcoming blogs deals with the issue of increasing the minimum wage to $15.00 per hour. My colleagues and I find the issue is fraught with misinformation, and we find that media quite often will present only one opinion on this issue. Granted, different...
Literary Review: Creating a Sense of Urgency
This blog is the fourth installment regarding the last attribute that Michael Hyatt proposes in his article ‘Creating a Sense of Urgency’. The fourth attribute is Assess. In his article, Hyatt states that urgency doesn’t rule out assessment, in fact it demands it. The...
Literary Review: Creating a Sense of Urgency Part 4
This blog is the third installment on the article Creating a Sense of Urgency by Michael Hyatt. The third attribute Hyatt lists as required in creating a sense of urgency, is "Achieve". He particularly highlights the difference between task-focused, and...
Continued Life Long Learning in Victoria, BC
I am going to be joining my colleagues in attending the 20th annual Canadian Association for Supported Employment Conference in Victoria, BC next week. This conference is an opportunity for those with a passion for inclusive employment to take part in presentations...
The New Face of Workplace Loyalty
Where do your loyalties lay? A wise man recently stated it is best to be loyal to yourself first and foremost before you are able to be loyal to a career or employer. A strong, although smart statement, makes one think "Am I really being loyal to my true self on a...