Returning to the Workplace: Focusing on Employee Safety w/ Dr. David Batman, Virgin Pulse Science Advisory Board
In this HRchat episode, we consider practical ways for employees to stay engaged, and how employers can support mental wellbeing throughout their organization. The guest this time is Dr. David Batman, member of the Virgin Pulse Science Advisory Board and a Consultant Occupational Health Physician who has served 50 years in the field of medicine. Listen and learn about the health and safety challenges facing businesses trying to build out successful return to workplace practices. Hear...
30 Nov 202029min
Maintaining the Wellbeing of Employees w/ Jason Crowe, Precision Nutrition
In this HRchat interview, Bill Banham talks with Jason Crowe, VP of Partnerships and Business Development at Precision Nutrition about maintaining the mental and physical wellbeing of employees. Precision Nutrition, the world’s largest online nutrition and healthy lifestyle coaching and certification company, announced the launch of Precision Nutrition Enterprise Coaching, a personal remote coaching solution for organizations worldwide to offer their employees a scientifically-proven transf...
27 Nov 202023min
Recruiting and Onboarding in the 'Now Normal' w/ Serge Boudreau, Robots and Pencils
In this HRchat episode, we hear a whole bunch of recruitment and talent management-related tips from Serge Boudreau, Director of Talent Acquisition at Robots and Pencils Serge has spent over 15 years in the recruitment space including working as Director for Western Canada at Workopolis and Indeed. He co-hosts the popular recruitment-focused podcast, The Recruitment Flex alongside Hire Value Inc's Shelley Billinghurst. Serge and Shelley are also co-hosts of the InnovateWork Rockies events...
25 Nov 202022min
Engaging Employees and Growing Affinity with the Employer Brand w/ Sona Khosla, Benevity
In HRchat #228, we consider how to better engage with employees and ways to help them feel proud of the employer brand they work under. Our guest this time is Sona Khosla, Vice President of Marketing at Benevity, the platform firms are using to attract, retain & engage employees in powerful ways. Sona leads a passionate team responsible for bringing Benevity’s thought leadership as well as client stories, best practices, and unmatched data from over 600 enterprise companies to the worl...
23 Nov 202026min
Employee Wellness and Ways to Measure Culture w/ Dr. Mary Marzec, Virgin Pulse
In this HRchat, we will discuss the importance of organizational culture and ways to measure it. The guest this time is Mary Marzec, Senior Strategy Health Scientist at Virgin Pulse. Listen to this episode to get Mary’s take on how tech can help corporate wellbeing efforts and why measuring the effectiveness of your company culture is key to achieving investment-driven results like high job performance, resilience, and reduced healthcare costs. Listen to this episode and discover: How can o...
20 Nov 202023min
Hiring Seasonal Workers w/ Jim Buchanan, Cadient Talent
As we embrace the holiday season, hourly hiring is beginning to increase to meet the seasonal demands. But with 65% of hourly employees only giving their temporary employers one week’s notice or less – how do you find qualified candidates that want to stay for the full holiday season or beyond? In this HRchat episode, we consider this seasonal dilemma. Our guest to help us do just that, and spread a bit of seasonal cheer, is Jim Buchanan, CEO of Cadient Talent, the North Carolina based...
18 Nov 202021min
Providing Employees with Avenues to Education w/ Vivek Sharma, InStride
Corporations need a better way to re-skill and upskill their workforce, universities need new ways to reach and teach students, and individuals need to increase their skills in order to grow their earning potential and stay relevant in a rapidly changing world of work. The are many barriers standing in the way of someone earning a degree, whether it be socio-economic, distance, lack of time, lack of resources, or the extra pressures created by the 2020 pandemic. For these reasons, many of to...
16 Nov 202021min
How the Pandemic Changed Recruiting Forever w/ Jerome Ternynck, SmartRecruiters
The 2020 crisis has changed the ways we work to such an extent that we simply can't go back to the old ways of finding jobs and recruiting talent. In this HRchat episode, we hear from Jerome Ternynck, author of Hiring Success: How Visionary CEOs compete for the best talent. He is also Founder & CEO of SmartRecruiters, the hiring success company that offers a talent acquisition suite serving over 1,000 large enterprises. Jerome has been in recruiting his whole adult life. He is a...
12 Nov 202028min
