Wednesday August 13th, 2014 – 11am
Posted Aug 13, 2014 11:40:26 AM.
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The second hour of the 570 Midday Show
11:00 Shannon Young, human resources manager with Randstad Canada
The days of employees spending years with the same employer before heading into retirement may be a thing of the past in Canada. According to the latest Randstad Workmonitor study, which surveys employees in 33 countries around the world, revealed that although more than half of Canadian employees (56 per cent) state they have the perfect job, 65 per cent report they would leave their employer at any moment in time. The survey found most Canadians would be willing to leave their employers for more money (75 per cent) or to improve their career opportunities (70 per cent), or if they found a job that was a better match with their educational background (58 per cent). Globally, the majority of the results are in line with Canada, as 75 per cent of global respondents reported they would leave their employer if they were presented with the opportunity to make more money elsewhere; 69 per cent would change jobs to improve their career opportunities and 59 per cent would make the switch if they found a job that better suited their education. “We often associate low levels of employer loyalty to Gen Y workers, but today, more and more employees, regardless of age, view themselves as “free agents” who must actively manage their own careers and who know what they are worth on the market. They work on maintaining cutting-edge skills and often don’t feel any remorse about jumping ship if another job offers better pay or more growth opportunity,” says Shannon Young, HR Manager, Randstad Canada. According to Young, employer loyalty is a very real issue that cannot go ignored, and the consequences of losing top performers can be dire.
11:30 Usha George, Dean, Professor with Faculty of Community Services at Ryerson University
The protests, vandalism and looting sparked by the recent police shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Missouri underlie the tense relations that exist between law enforcement and the African American community across the United States. Although more than 20 years have passed since a jury acquitted four police officers of using excessive force against Rodney King, prompting riots in Los Angeles, many black Americans still perceive they are unfairly targeted by law enforcement. “It’s just about impossible to say whether [relations] have gotten better or worse. Not a month goes by where we don’t see another incident of something happening,” said Jon Hurwitz, political science professor at the University of Pittsburgh and author of Justice in America: The Separate Realities of Blacks and Whites “It tells you something when frustrations have built up to a point where rioting became almost inevitable after this particular shooting in an area where it traditionally has not happened before.” Police forces have tried various strategies to improve relations over the years, including community oriented policing, attempts to get more police on the streets walking beats and the hiring of more African American officers. But it’s difficult to say how effective these programs have been.
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