Retention is the payoff of high employee engagement. This webcast explores initiatives that address the distinctive challenge of Aboriginal retention, with the understanding that newly hired Aboriginal employees are not likely to succeed without engagement practices firmly in place. This webcast will explore promising practices to raise the retention rates of Aboriginal employees.
The Inclusion Continuum is the Aboriginal Human Resource Council’s roadmap to inclusion. The Inclusion Continuum outlines the seven stages that organizations move through as they become increasingly committed to creating a workplace of choice for Aboriginal talent. This webcast will explore the characteristics of the seven stages of the Inclusion Continuum, the Aboriginal experience at each stage of the Continuum, and the actions required to move an organization from one stage to the next.
This webcast addresses the challenges of Aboriginal recruitment. For historic, geographic and cultural reasons, Aboriginal recruitment represents a unique challenge to companies seeking greater Aboriginal representation. As this webcast will demonstrate, a number of committed organizations have overcome these challenges with creative approaches to Aboriginal recruitment. Specific issues to interviewing and recruiting an Aboriginal workforce will be discussed. Strategies, programs and initiatives to further this goal are described.
The business case can be stated demographically as close to half a million Aboriginal youths will enter the job market over the years 2006-2016 while most non-Aboriginal birth rates in Canada continue to decline. The business case can also be stated as the case for diversity, applied to Aboriginal people, that recognizes and celebrates their distinctive contribution to the Canadian workforce.
