HR Matters

CPHR Manitoba

Western Compensation & Benefits Consultants
Red River College
Manitoba START
Learn & Connect

HRMAM has partnered with HRMA (BC) to provide webinars to our members on a variety of HR related topics. Each webinar is eligible for CPD hours. 

How to Conduct a Talent Review
Date: January 21, 2016
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Registration Deadline: January 14, 2016
For more information or to register, click here 

Corporate University Design and Development: Intro to the Latest Challenges  
Date: February 10, 2016
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
For more information or to register, click here 

Dynamic SWOT Analysis for HR Professionals 
Date: February 24, 2016
Time: 11:30am - 1:00pm
For more information or to register, click here


 
How to Create Accountability & Confidence:
Your HR Toolkit to Stop Workplace Bullying and Disruptive Behaviours

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356837&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 

2016 Salary Outlook for Manitoba 

In this session, you will learn more about:  

  • Canadian and Manitoba economic trends to aid in your 2016 compensation planning efforts
  • National and regional salary forecasts
  • Total Rewards trends (base pay, variable pay, benefits and workplace practices)
  • Generational priorities regarding compensation  

Date: January 27, 2016
Time: 12:00 - 4:00PM
Location: Victoria Inn, Brandon
Cost: Member rate - $75 + GST, Non-Member rate - $90 + GST, Student rate - $30 + GST

Registration Deadline: January 19, 2016 

For more information or to register, click here 


 
Why do smart people fail? Why do technically brilliant individuals have trouble managing others and collaborating on a team? What they lack is a critical level of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and the ability to manage theirs and others emotions when they are under pressure.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356839&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 

HRMAM's Premiere Event

Designed to showcase outstanding Human Resource achievements in Manitoba, HRMAM's HR Excellence Awards honour employers and individuals who are leaders in diversity, development, impact and innovation. New awards categories and a new venue for 2016 make this an event you won't want to miss - celebrate with your colleagues at this year's HR Excellence Awards!

Purchasing a Corporate Table is a great way to celebrate as an organization. Or even better, sponsor your Corporate Table to receive your company's name on the table, preferred table location, your company's name on our dinner slideshow and recognition in the event program.

Student ticket pricing available.

Date: April 13, 2016
Time: 4:30 - 9:00pm
NEW Location: Club Regent Event Centre, 1425 Regent Ave West, Winnipeg
Early Bird registration deadline: March 11, 2016

Click here for more information or to register

 
HR leaders from our community will be sharing their fascinating and inspiring stories with us. You will learn about their professional stories and the influence their personal journeys have had on their careers. You will have the opportunity to interact together and with them.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356841&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 
Back by popular demand, Joel Gervais (Vital Life Inc.) will explore the ins and outs of drug and alcohol policies in the workplace leaving you with the tools to create and implement one in your workplace.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356842&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 
This year's presenters will cover a wide range of topics as selected by members via our survey that was completed in August 2015.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356843&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 
This program focuses on strengthening competencies on tactical skills such as collaboration, problem solving, and communication to achieve and maintain success. Our goal is to help individuals shift into taking a coach approach to leadership with the aim to develop others to sharpen critical thinking skills, adapt to change, raise accountability, and to access their own resourcefulness.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356844&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 
At HRMAM, we are committed to building the strategic capability and organizational impact of HR practitioners, and providing value to our members.

To further support the Continued Professional Development needs of our growing population of Certified Human Resources Professionals (CHRPs), and in recognition of the quality of some of the HR professional development programs offered throughout Manitoba, we are proud to introduce the HRMAM Accreditation Program.

Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hmm-nwl/articles/index-v2.asp?aid=356845&issueID=39504 to view the full article online.

 

HRIA (Alberta) will be holding its annual conference on April 20 & 21, 2016. They are offering HRMAM members a discount on their registration, allowing them to receive the Alberta member rate. 

 Early bird registration ends January 15, 2016. 

To register, click here and use promo code CCHRA16 (register as a Non-member)


 
Workers Compensation Board
McFadden Benefits & Pension Ltd.
CPHR

The CHRP Validation of Professional Experience Assessment is a formal step in earning the CHRP designation that requires Candidates to demonstrate three or more years of professional experience in Human Resources within the last ten years. 

To gain your CHRP designation through the assessment experience, CHRP candidates will be required to submit a completed application. This application will need to be validated by your current employer. In order to be eligible to submit an application you need to be a Candidate (someone who has passed the NKE) and have had your proof of degree verified. 

The next submission deadline is January 15, 2016.  

For more information on the Validation of Professional Experience Assessment please click here.


 

HRMAM has added a new category to the CPD log. 3E - Community Volunteering includes activities to accommodate those members who volunteer at organizations such as not-for-profit or charitable organizations, activities in leadership, sports, recreation, social services and HRMAM events. 

Please ensure you download the new CPD log for your upcoming recertification.

To access the new CPD log, click here


 

In Person

This course is designed to help participants consolidate the knowledge they already have and - more importantly - identify where they need to focus additional studying in order to be successful in completing the examination.

Dates: April 2 & 3, 2016   
Time: 8:00am - 4:30pm 
Location: Canad Inns Destination Centre Polo Park  
Cost: Member - $400 + GST 
         Non-member - $460 + GST

Registration deadline: March 16, 2016

For more information or to register, click here

Online

HRMAM has partnered with Captus Press Inc. to offer an online prep course for the NKE. 

Course includes:  

  • 29 hours of multimedia instruction  
  • A diagnostic test to help you set up a study plan  
  • 4 complete practice exams  
  • A content expert available to answer all your questions and a discussion board
Cost: $295 + GST

For more information or to register, click here

 
Member Matters

The Asper School of Business Co-operative Education Program is currently seeking employers who wish to hire business students for Summer 2016 placements (May - August 2016). Students studying a variety of majors are part of the program including Human Resources, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Management of Information Systems and more! Students bring fresh perspectives and solutions to the issues facing your business. Your organization can take advantage of attractive tax incentives for hiring co-op students. The Co-op Students Hiring Incentive (COS-HI) provides a 15% of salary tax credit up to a maximum of $5,000 per student.

For summer 2016 Co-op placements, please submit a posting to the Co-op office online by February 8, 2016 via the Career Portal.

Steps to becoming a co-op employer 
Employer Brochure 

Please contact Jill Latschislaw or Meredith Bara for more information 


 

BOLD Radio this Saturday, January 16 will feature Valerie Cade talking about Bullying in the Workplace - how to detect, approach & address. Valerie is also the presenter in our upcoming PD event, Handling the Politics of Workplace Bullying on January 26.

You can listen to BOLD radio on CJOB 680 at 12:00pm.   


 
Want to sharpen your facilitation/training skills and gain hands on techniques that engage participants and energize training in one day and NOT PAY FOR IT?

Enter a draw for one complimentary seat in Winnipeg Transition Centre's upcoming "5 Effective Ways to Engage and Energize Your Group" training on February 18 or March 24 (regular price $275). Learning objectives of the course include:
  • Experience the 5 Behavioural Facilitation Pillars 
  • Gain exposure to 5 engaging facilitation activities 
  • Identify participant challenges and effective solutions 
  • Examine how adult learning principles and Behavioural Facilitation go hand in hand
All you need to do is answering the following question: 
Why do you want to take this type of skill development training? 

Send your response to hrmam@hrmam.org including your contact information by January 22, 2016.

Responses will remain confidential and your contact information will not be shared. 
 
 

 
In the news...
3 1/2 years behind bars was the sentence handed to a manager on duty in a deadly scaffolding collapse that left four people dead and one seriously injured. Read more here
 
In a recent article in the Harvard Business Review, three leading academics discussed the potential negative impacts of implementing a diversity policy in the workplace. Read more here

 
If you are an employer whose employment standards provisions are federally regulated, your employees are eligible for increased compassionate care leave. As of January 3, 2016, new legislation allows for an increase in compassionate care leave from 8 weeks to 28 weeks. Read more here
 
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Driver Recruitment and Retention Specialist Talentcor
HR Administrator Flynn Canada Ltd.

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