Canadians have been enjoying a strong job market of late, with the unemployment rate hovering at 5.6%. While good news for employees, this environment has tested employers, challenging them to do more to attract and retain top talent. As always, some firms are outpacing the competition.
The upper echelon of this year’s list is dominated by well-known corporate names, many of them titans of industry such as Google, No. 1 for the third year in a row, and Cisco, up 13 spots to No. 3. But right alongside them is less of a household name,.
At a time when job seekers are interested in joining organizations known for corporate citizenship, the fact that the Hydro-Québec’s business for the last 75 years has been renewable energy has helped attract top talent. But in today’s competitive labor landscape, no employer can afford to rest on its laurels.
The great variety of career paths offered by Hydro-Québec gives it an edge in the job market, but there is also a downside to the company’s scale. “In big organizations like ours, sometimes you don’t lose people to the market—but you lose momentum internally, and that’s the worst thing,” Dubois says. “We put a lot of focus on talent management. It’s not perfect, but we continue training and moving talent around up to retirement.
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