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Telus Corporation

 

Telus Corporation
Chosen as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2009:
By Rachel Caballero and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors  (Feb 20, 2009)

Some of the reasons why Telus Corporation was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers 2009:
  • manages a women's networking group to provide career development opportunities for women employees
  • recently created a diversity steering committee and working council to develop and implement human resource programs that support the company's diversity goals
  • conducted an extensive review of their hiring processes, workforce representation numbers and employment equity plan last year
  • offers a unique training program that is specifically designed to help women employees develop their leadership skills
  • recruits Aboriginal employees through job fairs and presentations to Aboriginal communities at its Edmonton office

 Career Development Opportunities for Women

At Telus, nearly 3,000 women employees participate in "Connections", an in-house networking group for women that operates across Canada. Through this initiative, employees learn about career development and mentoring opportunities, attend networking events, and receive guidance from other women employees at different stages in their careers.

The group also provides a formal leadership-in-the-workplace training program for women employees, with nearly one thousand employees having enrolled. The Connections program also hosts seminars on how to balance career and family needs, and publishes a monthly newsletter to communicate career development activities, educational resources and upcoming networking opportunities for women employees.

"Connections - the TELUS women's network - provides thousands of women across our company with quality networking, leadership and community outreach opportunities."
Chivon John, Program Manager and member of Diversity and Inclusiveness Council
Score on The Equity Continuum by TWI Inc.: 2.30
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©2010 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Licensed by Eluta Inc. with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.





   

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