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The Big Chill: Supporting Your Team Through a Hiring Freeze

When businesses are faced with uncertainty that comes from macroeconomic factors or financial concerns, they are quick to put a pause on hiring efforts. This phenomenon is known as a hiring freeze.  

Hiring freezes are daunting. While a hiring freeze is different than a layoff, they can still be a cause of concern for your employees and can stir up doubts about their future with your company. 

As a leader, it’s important to lead with empathy through stressful and uncertain times. In this blog, we’re sharing our top 3 tips to help you support your team through a hiring freeze while keeping empathy at the forefront of your actions. 

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DEI Blog Series: Removing Gender Bias From Job Ads

This is the third of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series! 

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities. 

Today, let’s talk about what gender-neutral language is, why it’s important, and how you can use it in job advertisements to remove gender bias while casting a wider net to attract top talent!Read More »DEI Blog Series: Removing Gender Bias From Job Ads

DEI Blog Series: Creating an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) Statement

This is the second of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series!

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities.

Let’s talk about why Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) statements matter, how to create one, and where you should use it!

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DEI Blog Series: 10 Ways to Use Pronouns in your Business to Promote Inclusion

This is the first of 10 installations of Envol’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Series! 

Our goal is to support organization leaders in taking real action to advance DEI within their teams, throughout their business, and in their communities. 

Let’s jump right into 10 ways that you can integrate the use of pronouns into your business today!

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NDTR: Our Responsibilities as Canadian Employers

September 30th marks Canada’s annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and its first anniversary.

This day is dedicated to acknowledging and commemorating the lasting and harmful impacts of church- and government-run schools on the wellbeing and livelihood of Indigenous peoples. The ongoing impacts of these schools are still heavily felt by Indigenous peoples and their communities today.

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3 Employee Onboarding Mistakes to Avoid

The Art of Onboarding 

We’ll let you in on a secret: the key to retaining talent and reducing turnover is developing a kick-a$$ employee onboarding program that knocks your new hires’ socks off! 

But mastering the art of onboarding is no easy feat. It requires strategic planning, preparation, time, and energy to develop an effective and engaging onboarding program! 

In this blog post, we’ll cover 3 common onboarding mistakes to avoid. But before we dive in, here’s a brief run-down on onboarding basics to ensure you’re set up for success. 

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BC’s Current COVID Regulations: What You Need to Know

We are all slowly but surely adapting to a “new normal” and learning to coexist with COVID-19; however, this is your friendly reminder that it isn’t gone just yet. COVID is still actively circulating around the world, and it will likely be around for a while. 

As employers and employees, we have a responsibility to keep others in our workplace safe. When an employee has a confirmed case of COVID-19, there are workplace regulations in place to mitigate the chances of the virus being passed on to a colleague. 

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The Right to Disconnect: What it Means for Ontario Employers

Are you an Ontario-based employer who’s reaching out to your employees after work hours with a last-minute, time-sensitive request? Are you giving your employees a quick call to update them on the status of an important project after their workday ends? 

In this blog post, we will discuss Ontario’s right to disconnect legislation, why it matters, and what you need to know as an employer. 

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Pronouns in the Workplace: Creating a Safe and Inclusive Environment for Everyone

 

Pronouns are an important part of a person’s identity. Using someone’s correct pronouns demonstrates respect and inclusion – something that’s essential for every human to experience! 

Personal pronoun identity is a topic of growing importance as organizations seek to improve their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. That’s why today we’ll be sharing ways to include pronouns in the workplace and discussing how you can incorporate practices into your workplace to make everyone feel welcomed and accepted for who they are. 

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