skilled labour shortage

In 2004, a study of 240 organizations was conducted by TalentKeepers, who found that the greatest impact of employee turnover was lost knowledge – not profitability!  Lost knowledge had [...]

Allow me to begin this blog with three (what should be) alarming statistics: 1.  In 2010, more than 250,000 immigrants entered Canada,  only 60,000 of which were labour market ready. 2.  By 2016, [...]

More than half of companies today cannot name a successor to their CEO should the need arise.  A study conducted by the Canadian Financial Executives Research Foundation (CFERF) found that, [...]

The term “baby boomers” refers to people who were born between the years 1947 and 1966. In Canada, this demographic group makes up an amazing two-thirds of the public sector workforce. A Canadian [...]

 “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” This is a common misquote from Alice in Wonderland. However, it works when we talk about training. [...]

You can now purchase The Competency Group’s Succession Planning Template: A Step-by-step Guide for Organisations which is a user-friendly workbook designed to guide organizations through the [...]

I was speaking with a business colleague recently who has a large number of retiring business owners seeking his assistance. He specializes in building websites for successful family-run [...]

The Canadian labour shortage in specialized skills has been a pressing concern for some time now. Employers are constantly on the lookout for people with the right skills to fill essential [...]

I was writing a methodology for a Request for Proposal recently to conduct a training gap analysis for an occupational group. As always, I reflected on my experience conducting similar projects [...]