National Adult Literacy Database

Despite all of the advances in modern management wisdom, there remains a startling finding: over the last 30 years and across industries, employee retention and turnover rates have remained virtually unchanged – on average, 50 per cent of all hires will turn out to be mistakes. The implications of this are dramatically felt within all companies.

Organizations need to ensure their CEO’s vision of success is communicated to every employee, at every level. It's essential to assess how each job contributes to the company's success, and then determine whether the person in the job can deliver. If this isn't done, then the organization's performance is limited by the weakest fit in the structure.

Decoda will be involved in the full literacy continuum – from early childhood to family, adult, workplace and emerging literacy. It will use literacy as a key strategy to help solve fundamental societal issues, as well as business and industry challenges. Decoda brings together the work, experience and expertise of two previous literacy organizations: Literacy BC and 2010 Legacies Now.

No matter the job, employers say they want good communication skills. But when so many job applications are online, job-hunters’ verbal abilities don’t get a chance to shine until their written skills pass the test.

The Essential Skills Literacy: Training Tools for Older Adults project, undertaken by the Newfoundland and Labrador Laubach Literacy Council Inc., has resulted in the development of a teaching and learning resource entitled Essential Skills – Have You Used Yours Today.

Young workers around the world are lacking in engagement with their employers and are the most affected by perceived pressures at work, posing long-term retention and management problems for companies and countries, a new GfK study has found.

Many youth in Canada have noticed that high debt levels and heedless spending – the very issues that have led to our having a financial literacy issue in the first place – are problems created by their parents.

Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Teachers' Federation have unveiled the theme for this year's annual Media Literacy Week – Digital Citizenship – calling on Canadians to encourage young people to reflect on their online lives, and their rights and responsibilities as they navigate the digital world.

More and more cases involving the firing of workers for what they say online have been surfacing before labour tribunals in recent years – creating an entirely new category of dispute that did not exist a decade ago.

All Islanders are encouraged to join their neighbours, friends and families in reading the same novel as part of a new program to promote literacy and foster a life-long love of reading, says PEI Tourism and Culture Minister Robert Vessey.

Many families face competing priorities when it comes to savings. Despite these challenges, parents in all income groups place a high value on saving for their child's post-secondary education.

Amazon.com Inc says it now sells more digital e-books than paper books. The company said that for every 100 print books it has sold since April 1, it has sold 105 e-books. That includes both paperback and hardcover books, but excludes free downloads.

Sun Life Financial is committed to advancing the causes of financial literacy and workplace wellness, CEO Donald A. Stewart said at the company’s annual meeting.

The Gandhi Day Literacy Project works in partnership with the Toronto District School Board to teach elementary school students about social justice and encourage global citizenship using Mahatma Gandhi’s life and work as a point of introduction. The program will deliver professional development for teachers focusing on human rights and peace-building, which will enable teachers to write and deliver globally oriented content that complements the regular curriculum.

New numbers back up the business case for hiring skilled immigrants. TRIEC engaged EKOS to survey employers about their hiring practices of newcomers. According to the results, one in five employers has hired a skilled immigrant to help them expand globally and locally, and feels that employees with international education and experience are effective in helping them meet their business goals.