On May 11, 2015 – Drake International, a global innovator in the field of human resources, recruitment, performance improvement, and consultative management; and a partner of BioTalent Canada’s, has launched a new portal to help address the HR needs of small to medium-sized biotech enterprises. The new portal, called Intelligent Help, is a one-stop-shop for growing businesses who rely on outside support for maintaining their HR services. BioTalent Canada’s labour market report, Sequencing the Data, identified that 75% of small and medium-sized biotech companies across Canada lack a formal HR branch or department. Intelligent Help is specifically designed to address the HR needs of small and mid-size businesses, with support tools and services to manage talent needs effectively, while reducing the costs that impact the bottom line.

Intelligent Help’s services include:

• Personality and Skills Assessments: a quick and easy assessment test to help companies select the right fit, onboard new hires and identify and develop talent
• Health and Safety Academy: an online solution that provides all-inclusive packages for health and safety training
• HR Helpline: a support service that provides access to HR experts for compliant HR advice by either phone or email
• Other specially designed solutions to address the Human Capital challenges of small to medium-sized biotech enterprises

About BioTalent

The HR partner of Canada’s bio-economy. As an HR expert and national non-profit organization, BioTalent Canada focuses on building partnerships and skills for Canada’s bio-economy to ensure the industry has access to job-ready people. Through projects, research and product development BioTalent Canada connects employers with job seekers, delivers human resource information and skills development tools so the industry can focus on strengthening Canada’s biotech business. For more information please visit www.biotalent.ca.

About Drake International 

Drake International is widely recognized as global innovators in the field of Talent Management Solutions and Profit Improvement. Founded in Winnipeg in 1951 and now operating in 10 countries around the world, Drake not only offers a comprehensive assortment of Talent Management Solutions that focus on improving performance, productivity, recruiting, retention, organizational culture, leadership, and customer satisfaction, but also partners directly with its clients to implement the solutions in order to “engineer the end result” of profit improvement.

Original press release: http://cnw.ca/2uzBDM