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Looking Good and Feeling Good

Employees donated new or up-to-date and lightly-worn business attire, including interview-ready suits, blouses, and new or unworn shoes to benefit Dress for Success, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the economic independence of disadvantaged women.
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Celebrating Workplace Diversity in Canada

With over 26 nationalities represented, BNP Paribas (Canada) can be proud to have a staff hailing from all the corners of the globe. We took advantage of the 21st of May, World Day for Cultural Diversity, to launch a series of “employee portraits” of some of our international co-workers. We wanted to pay tribute to [...]

Socompetent.fr, a completely free person-to-person internet job site

SoCompetent is a public-spirited, person-to-person employment website – and it’s completely free.

We created SoCompetent because we believe that each of us has many skills that are all-too-often underused. Our talents can be put to good use in all fields (plumbing, babysitting, mechanics, gardening, cleaning, consulting, short courses, etc.) and this is true regardless of our [...]

The balance between family and work

Cardif Japan recently acquired the next-generation mark “Kurumin”, given to certified companies by the Health and Labour Minister. This certification is based on the Act for Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation. The goal is to promote a society where an individual can work with motivation and a sense of fulfillment and [...]

The anonymous CV makes a comeback

Will the anonymous CV finally take off? The French Commissioner for Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Yazid Sabeg, has launched a test of the anonymous CV in which BNP Paribas will participate, alongside 48 other companies. The kick-off was on 3 December, and the test will run until April 2010.
The concept of the anonymous CV was [...]

Job Care in the Czech Republic

To assist clients who have recently lost their job, Cardif Czech Republic started an original and effective progamme called Job Care. Job Care aids individuals with a step-by-step process in finding a new job. The programme, which is free of charge, helps build and improve relationships with its clients who have recently lost their job.
This [...]

Signing of an “autonomy contract”

On the 1st of September, 2009, BNP Paribas Réunion signed an important and ambitious partnership agreement with the Mission Locale of la Réunion within the framework of an “autonomy contract” system.
This system is a flagship project implemented under the Espoir Banlieues (Suburban Hope) plan. Its objective is to support young people living outside of the [...]

Micro-finance withstands the crisis

The World Bank gathered some sixty specialists in Paris at the beginning of 2009, to discuss the financial crisis. BNP Paribas, a keen observer of micro-finance, also attended.
The general impression of the meeting was that the clouds looming on the horizon for micro-finance are in no way comparable to the cataclysm now affecting high finance. [...]

Fighting against discrimination at work

BNP Paribas is the only bank among the first seven companies to  obtain the “Diversity” label awarded by Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR) for initiatives that foster non-discrimination at work.
AFNOR is a French state-authorised organisation  which  specializes in standardisation and certification of companies in line with the international norms in  management systems, products, services and [...]