It's all about Accountability Volume 6 Fall 2009
2009 Top Employer Summit
enCompassing Visions is very proud to be a sponsor at the 2009 Top Employer Summit to be held in Toronto on November 19 and 20.  This conference attracts HR professionals from the most admired companies in Canada and gives them the opportunity to find out what it takes to become one of Canada's Top 100 Employers.  For more information, see www.employersummit.ca.
Office Closures
Our offices will be closed November 11 for Remembrance Day.  Our December holiday closures will be posted on our website closer to that time.
SQL Certification
We have completely tested Version 9.0 and confirmed compatibility with SQL2008. Those clients using Reporting Services for enCompassing Visions reports introduced in Version 9.0 should contact us for a patch to the three reports that utilize graphs if you are moving to SQL208. For all other clients there are no changes. If you have any questions please contact our support staff.
Did you know?
The Succession Planning module is available to all clients who have purchased Performance Management as part of their system.  You can use Succession Planning to find out which employees are a good fit for vacant jobs, based on their past performance in their own job.    Contact us for more information.
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Canada's Top Employers
We’re very happy that a number of our clients have been chosen for the Top Employer lists in their provinces.  In Alberta’s Top 50 Employers, we’re proud to see Agriculture Financial Services Corp (AFSC), Calgary Laboratory Services, and WestJet on the list.  In Saskatchewan’s Top 20 Employers, both Crown Investments Corp of Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation made the list. 
 
Even more impressive is that AFSC also made the list of the Top 100 Employers in Canada!
 
Congratulations to all the winners! 
 
Welcoming our newest Client!
The City of Fort St John recently joined the list of enCompassing Visions clients.  We're very excited to have them aboard!  Fort St John is the largest city in British Columbia's northeastern region, home to more than 17,000 people.  See more about them at www.fortstjohn.ca.

Welcome to our new Strategic Partners!

We're proud to welcome two new Strategic Partners to our network. 

Creative Intelligence is our newest Strategic Partner.  An integrated business consulting and marketing partner, Creative Intelligence (Ci) understands how to create lasting competitive advantages for their clients. For nearly three decades, they’ve been applying their diverse expertise in brand building, traditional and digital marketing, design, communications and corporate culture development to help organizations build superior brands and profitable businesses. See more on the Strategic Partners page of our website.
Lane Caputo Compensation Inc. is our other new Strategic Partner.  They are a boutique executive compensation consulting firm.  See more on the Strategic Partners page of our website.

 
Our Strategic Partners and Alliances are an important part of the value-added service we offer to our clients.  These businesses are our preferred providers for their unique products and services.  
Website Updates
Check out our updated Clients page on our website featuring a listing of all of our current clients.  If you are a client, and your logo is not on our website, please contact Client Relations to be included.
There is a new article on the Press & Resource Library page.  In this article, Melanie Jeannotte of Vital Benefits provides some food for thought on topic of lifelong learning.  This article was originally featured in the HRAC Perspective Magazine, Fall 2009 issue.
Your Integrated Talent Management Solution

enCompassing Visions is a web-based software system that enables organizations to efficiently integrate, objectively measure and directly align human resource management activities with corporate culture, financial objectives and strategic goals.

If you are interested in arranging a demo of our software, please contact us.

 

 

 
Quote of the day

"We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us."  Stephen Covey

 

 

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