Across The Street, Across The Country

The benefits of community involvement are more than just bolstering your corporate image. For DKI Canada Members, contributing to the communities they live and work in is simply the right thing to do.

In this episode of “Across the Street, Across the Country” DKI Canada Members Tamara Roy of DKI – ProServe, serving Fort MacMurray, AB, and Matt, Kyle and Ryan Douglas of DKI – CRCS serving Oshawa, ON, explain why they give back, and what they get in return.

David Goetz, from DKI Canada’s Corporate Office, also joins us, to share why giving back on a local level is part of DKI’s national mission.

Not every family can do it. And not every family should do it. But for relatives working with – or for – relatives, it can be a wondrous thing. Many successful family-run DKI Canada member companies, after all, can’t be wrong. It’s all about buttons. You know, which one you can’t push, and which you can. We talk to siblings, offspring, parents and partners about understanding – and respecting - the difference. And if you’re considering bringing that relative into your DKI business, Peter Hickey, Atlantic Regional Director, dishes out some great guidance and advice.

Finding the best people for your team is always a challenge,  in any industry. But especially during these past few years with the pandemic presenting obstacles employers have never experienced. DKI members from east to west weigh in how they’re dealing with these hiring hurdles, as do a couple of tri-lingual partners from Montreal. 

DKI’s HR expert drops in to offer an industry-wide perspective and how the future could shape out for disaster restoration. And we take a blast to – not from - the past for a look at how hiring practises might have been, well, practised 70 years ago.

The inaugural episode goes West featuring  conversations with DKI Barclay, DKI ProPacific,   DKI Sparklean , and the DKI Corporate office. We talk floods, fishing, and purpose.