Indigenous Employment: Recruitment & Retention - In-Person Training - Vancouver
Indigenous Employment: Recruitment & Retention - In-Person Training - Vancouver
Starting an Indigenous employment initiative, but not sure where to begin? Having difficulties attracting Indigenous applicants?
Having trouble retaining Indigenous employees once they have been hired? Unsure of the differences between employing Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous employees?
With the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action in 2015, equitable employment opportunities and addressing employment gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous employees have become a growing consideration in Canada. In addition to social responsibility, there are many business reasons for hiring Indigenous Peoples.
What are your key challenges?
- Understanding business reasons for the employment of Indigenous Peoples
- Becoming familiar with barriers to Indigenous employment
- Learn tips on recruiting Indigenous applicants
- How to approach community outreach
- How to increase retention of Indigenous employees
At This Training You Will:
- Become familiar with barriers to employment Indigenous peoples face
- Understand the business case for employing Indigenous peoples
- Learn tips for successful recruitment
- Become familiar with employment needs and opportunity analysis
- Understand the importance of community outreach
- Learn tips for retention of Indigenous employees
Reach out to us directly, and we would be delighted to provide you with a one-page printable brochure with the information you need to make an informed decision about your learning journey with us.
- Everyone involved or interested in Indigenous employment
- Senior executives, managers, board members and human resources
- Federal, provincial, regional, and municipal government staff
- Retail, not-for-profit, hospitality, tourism, transportation
- Organizations that work with or wish to work with Indigenous Peoples
Please note: The intended audience for our training is non-Indigenous learners. Indigenous learners could be triggered by many topics and discussions in the training.
This in-person training will be held in the City of Vancouver at a venue (TBD) in close proximity to public transit, restaurants and accommodations.
Prerequisite
To ensure you get the most out of this session we highly recommend that you have completed either our Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® training or training with a similar agenda within the last year. If the in-person format is sold out, this foundational course is also available in self-guided format.
This In-Person Training gives you the following:
- 7 hours of learning time where you can ask questions and interact with our talented trainers and other learners
- A copy of the Indigenous Employment: Recruitment & Retention Workbook
Registering for someone else or for multiple learners?
Please enter each learner's name and email address in the cart before purchasing the course.
BC Hydro
"The material was applicable to any job and was delivered expertly. The detailed and extensive knowledge the trainer had was presented in a way that anyone could understand." A.M.
Agriculture Agri-Food Canada
"I really enjoyed the training and our Trainer was excellent. I would definitely encourage all HR Staffing Advisors and Hiring Managers to attend the session. The training would give them so much insight as to how to improve their recruitment and retention of Indigenous People." J.M.
First Nations Financial Management Board
"This course allowed me to expand my already vast knowledge of recruitment and retention to focus on Indigenous candidates and employees. It provided me a much better understanding of the barriers we need to consider and break down. The course is full of useful information and tools for those focusing on Indigenous recruitment and retention." J.T.
ATCO
"Bob Joseph has an abundance of knowledge about Indigenous Employment in regards to recruitment and more importantly retention. The four hours we spent in session has given the company new insights on our business and relationships with Indigenous applicants that we did not have previously." J.G.
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