Lisa Taylor

The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans: Designed for Small Teams

by Lisa Taylor and Taryn Blanchard

Challenge Factory

September 1, 2020

978-1777228415

"A fantastic quest and one that every Canadian can support. It's a win-win for Veterans, Employers, and Canada." - Tony Chapman, Brand Strategist, Host of Chatter That Matters Podcast

"Whether you are considering hiring military members or Veterans, are curious about what military training brings to the workforce, or need a just-in-time guide before an interview, The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans is reliable and well-informed, having brought together a vast amount of knowledge and experience about Veteran hiring in Canada." - Jennifer Quesnel, Engagements and Partnerships, Department of National Defence

"This book is a go-to to understand the extremely talented and resourceful Veteran workforce and get the most out of your time and theirs. You will use it again and again." - Bob Berube, Operations & Corporate Services, Scotiabank

"Veterans at heart are servant leaders. Whether they are leading their own business or contributing to the success of another, their curious, innovative, and collaborative nature is an asset to any organization. This guide does the important work of breaking down the stereotypes and barriers to accessing this pool of talented Canadians in an easy to use format. Thank you!" - Kathleen Kilgour, Senior Program Manager, Prince's Trust Canada: Operation Entrepreneur

Veterans form one of Canada's most adaptable, versatile, and hidden talent pools. They're also looking for work by the thousands. This is a vital opportunity that can help employers of all stripes meet their organizational needs in today's challenging and changing world of work.

The Canadian Guide to Hiring Veterans is designed to help organizations that have limited human resources and recruitment capacity build strong, resilient teams that include Veterans who are skilled and ready to fill labour or skills shortages. This easy-to-use resource offers: 1) practical, reusable tools for finding, hiring, and retaining Veterans (including a hiring checklist, interview guide, onboarding framework, and more); 2) myth-busting research about Veterans in the civilian workforce; and, 3) additional resources compiled in one convenient place for connecting with Veterans, job services, and other human resources tools.

The second important purpose of this Guide is to help destigmatize Veterans both in and outside the workplace, and to clarify exactly why they make such a valuable yet hidden talent pool and recruitment source in Canada. Drawing on Challenge Factory's ground-breaking national research about employer hiring biases and the unique working style of Veterans, this Guide explores perceptions about Veterans in the civilian workforce, why employers in need of talent and Veteran jobseekers are missing each other, and lessons that can be learned from existing Veteran hiring programs.

Retain and Gain: Career Management for Small Business

by Lisa Taylor

CERIC

January 23, 2017

978-1988066172

This Playbook identifies 40+ low-cost tips, activities and actions that small business can take right now (some in only 10 minutes a day) to attract, engage and retain staff. Written in an innovative "travel guide" format, author Lisa Taylor, includes special sections on new graduates, the aging workforce and family enterprises, and provides planning templates and links to unique resources. The Playbook, published by the Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling (CERIC), also features research, facts and statistics that shed new light on Canada's small business economy and workforce.

For most businesses, upwards of 70% of operating budgets is spent on people. If the relationship you have with your workforce is both your most significant risk and your greatest competitive opportunity, how do you make the most from this investment?

Career management - even for the smallest of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - offers a strategic lever for stronger company performance. Indeed, career management affects more than just employee satisfaction and loyalty. It drives better customer service, faster identification of ways to improve business operations and increased opportunity for growth - for staff as well as for your business.

If as a small business owner or manager, you worry about any of the following, this Playbook is for you:

Engaging and retaining employees
Finding the right talent and recruitment
Developing new leadership candidates and managers
Providing career development for employees with limited opportunities for promotion
Compensating and rewarding employees
The Playbook will show you how to address your most critical employee challenges while still managing cash flow and the workload demands of the business. The Playbook also debunks common misconceptions such as small organizations with flat organizational structures and limited resources can't establish good career practices. You will learn how career management is a high-value, high-return, low-risk business lever that will retain your employees - and grow your business.

The Talent Revolution: Longevity and the Future of Work

by Lisa Taylor and Fern Lebo

University of Toronto Press - Rotman Imprint

April 30, 2019

1487500823

The definitive guide to maximizing workforce value, The Talent Revolution exposes work-life longevity as the most influential driver transforming today’s workplace – a competitive edge for organizations smart enough to capitalize on it.

This is a first – a book that positions older workers as revolutionaries and reveals how organizations that engage employees across all life stages will outperform their competitors. With clarity and specificity, it describes new models, debunks commonly held myths about older workers, demolishes justifications for traditional structures and attitudes, and builds the case for a reset that will help smart companies profit from their intergenerational workforce.

Through case studies, metrics, strategies, and tactics, The Talent Revolution explores the impact of workforce demographics on the future of work and provides new, actionable strategies for turning an aging workforce into a competitive advantage.