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Public Accounts committee Yes, as for the process itself, we have performance pay based on a rating that each individual is given on people management and product management. Our 200 management-level staff are evaluated by our executive committee. Each one is assigned two ratings, and each of those rating
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee Yes, we have an ongoing student program, as I explained. That's an annual student plan that we'll hire twenty students, pretty much no matter what, every year, and we make sure there's work for them. That's one plan. The other thing is, we have ongoing advertisements on our webs
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee The recruitment and retention is focusing on the environment. So you've got the retention. We're dealing with a large number of younger audit professionals who are very attractive to government. We are fighting against the same benefits that exist outside of government. We've f
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee Flexibility is what we really sell. And I'm not going to say easier work. We have challenging work. We make a difference. In Ottawa especially, we are very visible, so we have students who are interested in us. We are on campuses across Canada, so we do sell. We sell our boss. An
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee We give priority.
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee Most of our hiring is external. We try to do outreach and get the students, and at the student level we have some luck in getting visible minorities. Because at the experience level we are looking for a secret clearance, it does require a number of years of residence, and then we
May 11th, 2010Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs
Public Accounts committee We have worked closely with Treasury Board over the last six months following that meeting to ensure that we were clear on their role and our role. We are now just finalizing our mandate—smoothly, I expect—and will negotiate within the next 30 days, ideally, with our unions for a
April 29th, 2008Committee meeting
Lyn Sachs