 Life
At Wescam
Wescam's success is due to our
people. Wescam employees are diverse individuals
who enjoy pursuing their chosen careers and
we strive to provide an environment that will
foster and enhance career and life development.
To help achieve success at Wescam,
we provide:
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a
work environment and culture in which our
employees can flourish |
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meaningful
work with leading edge technology in the
global market |
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a
learning organization where we encourage
our employees to develop skills to their
fullest potential |
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a
healthy workplace that enhances mind, body
and soul
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Our People
Wescam’s success has been
built by dynamic and focused people who care
about teamwork and entrepreneurial spirit. Our
future success depends on finding and keeping
people who share these values; people who share
the Wescam vision, and who want to make a difference.
Here at Wescam we believe that synergy and success
is achieved through:
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Teamwork |
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Open
communication |
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Common
vision |
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Accountability |
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Ownership |
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Idea
generation |
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Learning
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Our Focus
Being a world-class organization
requires focus and commitment. At Wescam we believe
that leadership is the strength of our company
and ultimately creates the
“Soul of Wescam”. Developing leaders
at all levels within the organization contributes
to our overall success. Therefore, all of our learning
and development programs take into consideration
that we are developing skills for Wescam, Our Teams,
the Individual, their Families and the Community.
With that in mind we provide opportunities for
employees to enhance their functional technical
skills and leadership competencies for all facets
within an individual’s life:
Orientation
Program - Transitioning
into a new organization takes time and
exposes new employees to different businesses,
cultures, and people. Our orientation program
is designed to make this transition easy
and comfortable.
Career
Development and Planning -
We have various career assessment tools
and planning instruments available to assist
employees with their career plans, including
one-on-one career discussions with our
Career and Learning Manager.
Educational
Reimbursement Assistance Program -
Wescam promotes learning and development
and will contribute towards approved educational
and training programs at all academic levels
including certificate, undergraduate and
graduate level courses or programs.
Employee
Development - Your skills
development will be identified through
our performance management program. Both
internal and external workshops, seminars
and conferences are used to enhance our
employee’s competencies.
Learning
Resource Centre - The Wescam
Learning Resource Centre contains learning
materials, such as, books, videos, audiotapes
and computer-based programs covering all
subject matters to assist you with your
personal and professional life.
Leadership
Development - A variety
of activities such as leadership assessments,
360° feedback, Wescam Leadership program,
and other internal and external programs
are used to assist in developing our leadership
capabilities throughout the organization.
Community
Contributions - Giving back
to the community is an important part of
Wescam’s culture. As a corporation
we are examining how we can contribute
within the communities where we live and
work. Getting involved will strengthen
our people and our communities.
Our Environment
At Wescam we have established a
positive work environment through a variety of
programs and services that promote:
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Healthy
Living |
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Learning/Creativity |
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Life
Balance |
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Quality
Workplace
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Our Community
We believe that the Wescam community
allows our employees to belong to something bigger
and better than a traditional workplace. Therefore,
we put a concentrated effort to provide strategies
for employee/management communication. Some of
these include, Presidents Communiqué (direct
line to the President/CEO), company newsletter,
and employee forums such as lunches, and employee
surveys.
Burlington - There are indeed
many advantages to life in Burlington, Ontario,
and we invite you to explore them further by
visiting:
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