Microsoft Lync, formerly known as Office Communications Server, delivers a unified experience for both end users and IT by integrating enterprise voice (telephony), instant messaging and audio, video, and web conferencing into a single, integrated communications experience. "With Lync, Microsoft is enabling Canadian businesses to communicate and collaborate more effectively…

Select International recently released its “Fit” suite of assessments, a group of 5 brief (10-15 minute) screening tests that are positioned up front in the hiring process. The suite contains customized assessments that target different job sectors, including service, sales, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation.According to Select International co-founder Matthew O’Connell,…

Green jobs are growing. According to recent studies, as many as 2.5 million green jobs will be created within the next decade. To help people understand what these jobs are, GreenJobSpider.com, a search engine for green jobs, has started to profile green professionals through its podcast and blog.

I was hiking along what was supposed to be a marked trail with three friends in Muskoka, Ont., when, about 30 minutes into the hike, we realized we were lost. It was only by carefully attempting to retrace our steps that we eventually found our way back to the main…

How much time have you invested, both professionally and personally, in improving your ability to create and deliver new value? How many different methods do you use to develop your capabilities and knowledge? What have you contributed to your profession this past month or year that no one else can…

In any business venture, we get results through careful planning of activities and through measuring not only the results but the activities that the people undertake to get those results. The creation of safety excellence is accomplished in exactly the same way.