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The Association of Industry Sector Councils (AISC) is proud to launch HR Forward, a webinar series designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nova Scotia. This series addresses key human resource challenges, offering practical solutions to attract, retain, and develop skilled talent in today’s competitive labour market.

Hosted bi-monthly, these webinars are thoughtfully tailored to meet the diverse needs of SMEs across our 14 Industry Sectors, providing actionable insights and strategies to empower businesses at every stage of human resource development.

CPHR Nova Scotia is thrilled to partner with AISC on this fantastic series. Featuring two streams, Novice and Experienced, there are webinars for everyone at any stage in their HR career.

About the Facilitator

Jillian Janega-Connell

Managing Partner, Anchored Recruiting & HR Solutions, Inc

Jillian is the Managing Partner at Anchored Recruiting & HR Solutions. Jillian has worked as the Executive Director of three Nova Scotia Works Employment Resource Centres across Cape Breton island. Prior to that she worked at Cabot Cape Breton as the Director of Strategy and Planning while helping lead the HR team for over three hundred employees. As the Director of Strategy and Planning she was responsible for the development and implementation of internal processes, policies, employee engagement, employee wellness, training programs as well as the annual internal audit process to improve both the employee and guest experience.   Jillian spent almost two years in the North working with Indigenous communities and organizations as an HR advisor with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation in Inuvik, NWT. While there, she served on the Regional Training Partnership committee which had representatives from across the Beaufort Delta Region, aiming to improve training and employment prospects for their communities.   Jillian has her Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management (Cape Breton University), Bachelor of Business Administration (Cape Breton University) and her Advanced diploma in Human Resources (Nova Scotia Community College) along with her CPHR designation (Chartered Professionals in Human Resources).   While being a strong community advocate Jillian is a past board member of the Cape Breton Partnership and is a current Board member of the National Advisory Committee for the Future Skills Framework Project with Tourism HR Canada. 

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