Sharon Clark This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. ITworldcanada.com Skills Management Portal and JobUniverse.ca

   www.itworldcanada.com/portals/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/28/2001   Last Visited: 11/28/2001

   By Mieke Smulders and Sharon Clark
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   Sharon Clark is a human resource management consultant with the Human Capital Solutions practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Ottawa. She specializes in recruitment and retention strategy for highly-qualified professionals. Sharon can be reached at sharon.r.clark@ca.pwcglobal.com.
   
   Mieke Smulders is a Principal Consultant in the Organization and Change Strategy practice in PricewaterhouseCoopers' Toronto office. He can be reached at mieke.smoulders@ca.pwcglobal.com.
   
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2. 2. ITworldcanada.com - Canada’s Information Technology Resource

   www.itworldcanada.com/dailyItw - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/4/2002   Last Visited: 1/4/2002

   They work hard and don't feel they are treated the way they should be," said Sharon Clark a principal consultant in human capital solutions for PwC Consulting in Ottawa.
   
   Other pressing issues revealed in the survey include full health benefits, employment security, a high base salary and formal training and opportunities for advancement. Given the global economic challenges, the fact that individuals are putting more stock in job security was to be expected. But for IT, an industry that had been known for rapid shifts in employment prospects, it signifies that even the "move for the money" mentality is changing.
   
   "It's something people took for granted before. They knew they could get jobs anywhere, they didn't care," Clark said.
   
   Part of the poor management issue can be linked to staff who are promoted into senior positions and who never receive the proper training to deal effectively with its employees, she added. Still, the findings left at least one government IT employee a little puzzled.
   
   "The fact that they tend to pay higher salaries in information technology than many others, (I) would have said the opposite.