Member Profile: Canadian Payroll Association

As the authoritative source of Canadian payroll knowledge, the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA) delivers programs and services that enable payroll practitioners, service providers and other business professionals to remain current with regulatory requirements, payroll technology and industry best practices.

The CPA holds more than 350 professional development seminars across Canada each year to address key payroll topics, from general to senior management levels.

With over 17,000 organization and individual members, CPA events are both excellent education and invaluable networking opportunities.








Contact Info:
Kristina Bruce, Regional Coordinator – Atlantic and Pacific Regions
1-888-729-7652 x128
Kristina.bruce@payroll.ca
www.payroll.ca 

Talent Management Portal - Training and Continuing Education


Does your company provide adequate training to new employees?

There are many options when it comes to providing training and continuing education to your employees, ranging in areas such as:

Career Personality Tests

Helping employees understand themselves in a work setting and better understand their coworkers.

Communication

Is there an open flow of communication between employees and management?

Core Competencies

Are employees and management aware of their staff's strengths and talents?

Employee Development Programs

Staff development days and programs set into place to keep staff up to date on new developments and activities going on in the company.

Employee/ Performance Evaluations

Giving employees the chance to be evaluated and given feedback on their performance (what they do well, where they need to improve). Also allowing for employees to voice problems and concerns about their performance and/or their working relationship with other staff and management.

Employee Motivation

Incentive programs, getting employees engaged to a level where they are motivated to not only come to work, but arrive with vibrance, enthusiasm and vigour for what they do.

Job Analysis

Even if the job analysis determines that training isn't necessary, orientation and socialization to the corporate culture are always important.

Team Building

Does your company operate in such a wat that each employee is working toward a common goal? What's the management style? Is a matrix management style a part of your company? Pros, cons.

Check out the following links for useful information regarding training and continuing education:

Department of Labour and Workforce Development


•    Workplace Education

•    Labour Market Information

•    Nova Scotia School of Adult Learning

•    Career Options

•    Apprenticeship

•    Parents as Career Coaches

•    Invest in Youth – The Business of Mentoring


Personnel Today

•    Lifelong learning inquiry findings

•    10 ways to develop staff on a budget

•    Train to Gain: Skilling through the slump

•    Diversity training - should you bother?

•    Self-defence training: Protect and serve

•    Train to Gain: Show SME the money

Miscellaneous

•    Taking training up a notch

•    Educational Resource Links

•    Effective communication: 10 top tips

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