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Findings from Randstad‘s latest Global Workmonitor, surveying employees in 32 countries around the world, reveal that making friends at work is very important to Canadians and could be a key factor to workplace happiness. According to the survey, 66% of Canadian employees indicate they have close friendships with colleagues. Additionally, 54% report that having pleasant colleagues is more important to them than having a good salary while 53% say they spend time with colleagues outside working hours. Read the rest of this entry »

As athletes from around the world prepare to compete in London, workplaces in Canada appear to be hosting competitions of their own, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. Four in ten of the senior managers interviewed said they believe employees are more competitive with each other today than they were 10 years ago. These results mirror those from a similar survey of senior executives conducted in 2008. Read the rest of this entry »

What’s the value of a tweet or Facebook “like”? That’s a key question for many marketing executives, according to a new survey from The Creative Group. More than one in four (27%) advertising and marketing executives interviewed said their greatest stumbling block when it comes to social media is measuring the success of their efforts. Finding knowledgeable staff to execute social media programs is problematic for 19% of respondents. Read the rest of this entry »

WinMagic Inc., an Ontario-based innovator in full disk encryption, along with the Ponemon Institute have announced the results of the first ever survey looking into the total cost of ownership of full disk encryption. Key findings in the study (The True Cost for Full Disk Encryption) revealed that when compared to the potential damage caused by data disclosure, the cost of encryption is a fraction of the value it provides to businesses around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Originally posted on June 8th, reposting at the request of Lynda Brown-Ganzert as today is the last day to complete the survey, so if you haven’t yet done so, please do. The Government of BC, Vancouver Economic Development (VEC), the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC, the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, British Columbia Film + Media, Wavefront and DigiBC are undertaking a strategic review of BC’s screen-based industries to help support their collective future. Read the rest of this entry »

As doubts re-emerge about the strength of the global economic recovery, and questions persist about Canada’s productivity gap, a new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson shows that the majority (67%) of Canadian workers are not fully engaged in their work and are frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations.  After almost a decade of pressure to do more with less, the study suggests that Canadian workers are finding themselves unable to sustain the kinds of positive associations with their employers that lead to greater productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

Canadian companies are starting to recognize the power of online engagement through social media. The majority feel that social media offers an invaluable competitive advantage. However, many also believe that online engagement is something they would rather not engage in, but increasingly feel obligated to implement. Read the rest of this entry »

IAB Canada has announced the launch of a new series of reports that address Competitive Online Advertising Trends in Canada. The reports are being compiled by comScore and Kantar Media in partnership with IAB Canada. Fueled by the two companies’ extensive Canadian paid advertising tracking databases, this collaboration marks the first of a series of reports that will be prepared by these two long-time, respected IAB Canada Member Companies. Read the rest of this entry »

The BCTIA, together with DigiBC, Cleantech CEO Alliance and Wavefront, collaborated with KPMG to prepare a Technology Report Card for British Columbia. On the heels of the Jenkins report last fall and the innovation agenda put forth in the recent federal budget, our intent was to examine the performance of the technology industry in our own province. We asked KPMG to assess the industry performance over the past decade in the context of the BC economy and in comparison to tech sectors in other regions. Read the rest of this entry »

MediaSmarts (formerly known as Media Awareness Network) is pleased to announce it has partnered with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) for the third phase of its landmark research study, Young Canadians in a Wired World. Read the rest of this entry »