At last week’s HRMAJ conference in Ocho Rios, I had the pleasure of giving a speech on the topic of New Relationships, New Possibilities for Tough Times. I spoke about the ways in which Human Resource Professionals are forced to do more, with the same or smaller budget, due to the economic times. They need...
CaribHRForum 2008 Survey Results on Regional HR Conferences
The survey results from the CaribHRForum 2008 survey were recently published. Over 290 respondents took the time to complete the survey on the topic of the region’s HR conferences. The link to the final report was published to the CaribHRForum discussion group (which as grown to over 300 members,) and it can be accessed by...
Closing the Gender Gap
Dr. Sheila Rampersad’s article in the Trinidad Express of November 18th, 2008 is titled “Women earn less than men in T&T”. This statement was made in response to data produced by the World Economic Forum in their 2008 Global Gender Gap Report. The article highlighted the fact that women in T&T earn half of what...