Karen Gingras

Updated: October 15, 2009




Details and Mini-Biography

Karen Gingras joined Agriculture and Rural Development in September 2007 as the Labour Retention Manager. Her mandate is to help Alberta’s food processors develop and implement retention strategies. She provides one-on-one coaching to CEOs, plant managers and human resource managers. She acts as an in-house consultant and at times as a project manager for companies as they move forward with everything from HR system audits, on-boarding programs and training workshops to performance management and cultural competency.

As a speaker, Karen Gingras works to help her audience find and understand tools available to human resources professionals and to shift their focus from retention and recruitment to business production and development. She has also developed an extremely helpful HR tool that she shares with her audience.

Contact
Agriculture and Rural Development
Phone: 780-980-4220
Fax: 780-980-4237
E-mail: Karen.Gingras(at)gov.ab.ca

Associated Event
The information for this listing has been compiled from the publicly-available details of the following event in which the speaker participated.

  • Event: Resourcing for the Future, The 2009 HR Congress
  • Date: April 7-8, 2009
  • Venue: Deerfoot Inn and Casino, Calgary, Alberta
  • Speaker’s Title: Human Resource Systems: Saving You Time and Money
  • Presented By: Agriculture & Food Council
  • Event Speaker Bio: As a CEO or plant manager, you are likely spending a great deal of time on recruitment and retention when your focus should be on business development and production. This session will provide you with a ready-to-use HR system easily applied in your workplace. Loaded with practical tools, this session focuses on 4 key elements of an HR system: administration, business planning, performance management, and recruitment.
  • Full Speaker Profile: Karen Gingras’ full speaker profile is available upon request.

Other Details

  • Speaker Topics: Retention, Recruitment, Productivity, Management, Human Resources Tools, Time Management, Business Planning

Event Topic(s)

  • HR Management

    Topics categorized under “HR Management” are connected to ideas specifically about formal and informal policies and practices of a company with respect to human resources.

Engagement Location(s)

  • Alberta

    This speaker is known to have previously presented at events within Alberta.

Engagement Type(a)

  • Government

    This speaker is known to have previously presented at events on behalf of a government or government department.

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