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BC Hydro
BC Hydro employees participating in Aboriginal ceremonies
BC Hydro employees participating in Aboriginal ceremonies
Chosen as one of Best Employers for New Canadians for 2011:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors  ( Mar 27, 2011)

Some of the reasons why BC Hydro was selected as one of Best Employers for New Canadians 2011:
  • shares qualifications required for employment at BC Hydro with local outreach agencies, and provides them with information on the hiring process
  • encourages managers to hire skilled newcomers at junior-level positions and provide them with a defined career advancement plan, which includes timelines for performance and development reviews
  • offers employees "English for Occupational Purposes" language training, which they can participate in during company time
  • recognizes provisional membership to regulatory bodies such as the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and supports new Canadian employees through the membership process
  • advertises vacancies in multicultural media and provides quarterly cross-cultural communication workshops for employees
  • employees volunteer to assess credential recognition requests of internationally trained professionals to APEGGA for entry-level membership, which also enables BC Hydro to explore ways to make APEGGA registration more accessible to new Canadians

 Background Information

Established: 1860. Full-time employees in Canada: 5,560. Part-time employees in Canada: 139. New jobs created in Canada last year: 123. Revenues: $366 million. Percentage of employees who are women: 31.1%. Of managers: 30.4%. Percentage of employees who are visible minorities: 16.4%. Of managers: 18.2%.
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©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.





   

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