Indigenous Engagement and Employment: Readiness and Recruitment Strategies


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Starts: 02/24/2022 1:00 PM

Ends: 02/24/2022 2:00 PM

Registration Closes:02/23/2022 9:00 PM

Event Type: Webinar

1 CPD Hour(s)

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As an employer you are looking for ways that your organization can develop successful Indigenous employment strategies, but you wonder whether you will be able to retain the Indigenous employees that you do recruit.  There is a relationship between the design and success of your Indigenous recruitment strategies and the strategies your organization has adopted for an Indigenous inclusive workplace.

This webinar explores the relationships between your Indigenous recruitment and workplace inclusion strategies. Indigenous Works explains the 5 principles that you need to know when setting Indigenous recruitment strategies. In today’s labour market Indigenous talent is much sought after. As an employer you need to be able to explain what your competitive advantage is. Your workplace needs to be a magnet for Indigenous talent. Is your workplace Indigenous-ready? Find out what will make your workplace attractive from an Indigenous talent perspective. Discover the linkages between your recruitment and workplace inclusion strategies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn five principles of an effective Indigenous recruitment strategy.
  • Build your understanding about what Indigenous talent is looking for in an Indigenous inclusive workplace.
  • Learn how to assess your competitive advantage as an employer of choice for Indigenous talent.
  • Learn how to convey your workplace inclusion advantages in your recruitment strategies.

Speaker bio(s)
Kelly Lendsay, Speaker

Kelly Lendsay is a social entrepreneur who is internationally recognized as one of Canada’s foremost innovators and organizational development experts in Indigenous engagement and workplace inclusion systems, models and corporate/indigenous partnerships. His dynamic communications style and passion for innovation has earned him the reputation as an engaging thought leader and effective bridge-builder fostering trusted partnerships for workforce and economic development across Canada, USA, Australia and abroad.

Kelly is recognized for creating many ‘innovative firsts’ and is currently launching a new initiative, “Luminary: Advancing Indigenous Innovation for Economic Transformation, Employment and Well-Being” with more than 140 Luminary partners from the academic, Indigenous business and NGO communities from Canada, USA and Australia. A proud Canadian Indigenous leader of Cree and Métis ancestry, he moves seamlessly between both worlds fostering economic inclusion, well-being and prosperity for Canada. He was honored by the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) as one of their “100 Alumni of Influence” in the last century whose accomplishments have been recognized for influencing the growth and development of the university, the province, and the world during the last century.