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What's Happening at Career Edge Organization
Welcome to the first edition of 2008 of Launching Careers, the Career Edge Organization quarterly e-Newsletter. I hope you had a joyous holiday season and a happy New Year.
2007 was another solid year for our organization and we are very pleased by the continued growth of our programs and by the successes that both our host organizations and interns have enjoyed through the internship experience during the past year. In total over 100 new organizations signed on with Career Edge Organization as Host employers during 2007 and nearly 700 candidates were placed in career launching paid internships.
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Host News
The Keys to Effective Coaching and Performance Management
Effective coaching and performance management is critical for any organization whether it is large or small. It encourages employees to visualize their goals, provides insight and inspiration and allows the employer to give constructive feedback on both strengths and areas to improve. Most importantly, it helps build confidence in your employees and is a critical ingredient for bringing out the best in what they do.
Successful coaching involves a number of important and fundamental steps:
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Intern News
Making the most of your internship
Whether you are a recent graduate getting your first work experience through a Career Edge or Ability Edge internship, or an experienced internationally qualified professional launching your career in Canada through Career Bridge, it is important to leverage your internship opportunity to increase your future job competitiveness as much as possible. While there are many different strategies for making the most of your internship opportunity, following these key guidelines will put you well on your way to success in both your internship and in your career.
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Industry News
People with disabilities a labour solution
Association challenges firms to ignore myths, increase hiring of untapped resource
Canadian HR Reporter, November 5, 2007
To survive and thrive in a time of skilled labour shortages, employers need to tap into all available pools of talent, including people with disabilities, according to the vice-president of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) Ontario.
"We're going through a time when there's a lot of shortages in certain skill sets and there will be a huge exodus from the workforce over the next 10 years," said Ian Howcroft. "We're going to have to look to non-traditional sources of workers, including persons with disabilities, internationally trained workers, Aboriginal persons to meet the needs of future employers and businesses."
People with disabilities are a largely untapped source of labour, especially in the manufacturing sector where they only made up 1.7 per cent of the full-time workforce in federally regulated jobs from 2001 to 2005, despite making up about 10 per cent of the working-age population, according to Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
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