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Category Interactive Date 1/31/2006 |
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working.com and Equitek Partner to Provide Organizations with Employment Equity Solutions
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(TORONTO, ON) – Today Canadian companies can make diversity a living value through working.com’s latest venture with Equitek. The new partnership provides an all-inclusive outreach network that will distribute employment opportunities to a wide group of partners representing aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, the physically disabled, women and internationally-trained professionals.
“Equitek’s Employment Equity Solutions program will help companies augment their recruitment tools, allowing them to access qualified candidates that may be difficult to reach through traditional channels,” said Kim Peters, General Manager, working.com. “This will enable employers to enhance their candidate pool and ensure they find the most qualified person for the position.”
According to The Conference Board of Canada, recent immigration patterns have sharply internationalized Canada’s labour force. Approximately 13.4 percent of Canada’s population is now comprised of visible minorities. Moving beyond traditional search tools will allow human resource professionals to gain the attention of the various cultural groups within this country and ensure they reflect the diversity of Canadians within their organization.
“Most Canadian corporations understand that being an employer that values diversity is a sound business strategy,” said William Stewart, Director Canadian Operations, Equitek. “It means creating a workplace that respects and includes differences while recognizing the unique contributions that many different individuals can make. Together with working.com, we can assist corporations develop and implement long-term recruitment strategies intended to increase diversity in their workforce.”
For more on this story or to search Canada’s fastest growing job site, visit www.working.com, part of the canada.com network.
About working.com
working.com, part of the canada.com network, is the fastest growing job site in Canada. A national career network with a local focus, working.com offers unparalleled reach across Canada and a uniquely tailored approach to target the qualified applicants employers are seeking. working.com provides employers with access to the power of the CanWest MediaWorks network, providing access to more than 3,000,000 unique users each month on canada.com, more than 2,000,000 Canadians every day through CanWest newspapers in 10 of the largest metro markets.
working.com is owned by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc., which is approximately 74% indirectly owned by CanWest Global Communications Corp, (CanWest) (NYSE: CWG; TSX: CGS.SV and CGS.NV, www.canwestglobal.com) and 26% indirectly owned by the CanWest MediaWorks Income Fund (TSX: CWM.UN; www.canwest.com/incomefund).
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For additional information, please contact:
Katherine Raso
CanWest MediaWorks
External Communications
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