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SAIT Polytechnic employees speaking with Afghan students via the internet
Chosen as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2013:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
- invests in continued skills development with a range of in-house and online training programs, career planning services, financial bonuses for some course completion and tuition subsidies for job-related courses (to $5,000)
- helps older employees prepare for life after work with retirement planning assistance, phased-in retirement and contributions to a defined benefit or contribution pension plan (depending on employee group)
- provides maternity leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers (to 95% of salary for 15 weeks) and offers extended health benefits coverage during their leave
- actively supports a variety of local, national and international charitable initiatives including a partnership with the Afghan-Canadian Community Center and the Canadian International Learning Foundation, through which students in Afghanistan were able to take courses virtually and earn a SAIT Polytechnic certificate
Background Information
Industry:
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.
Major Canadian hiring locations:
Calgary AB.
Established:
1916.
Full-time employees in Canada:
1,521.
Part-time employees in Canada:
800.
Longest serving employee:
44.8 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:
8,879.
Average age of all employees:
46.8.
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