10 Leadership Qualities to Look for in Your Next Executive Search

10 Leadership Qualities to Look for in Your Next Executive Search

February 6th, 2020

Executive level talent can have a HUGE impact on the success of your organization. They affect the culture, performance, and perception of your brand. Finding the right people to lead and represent your organization is…

Hire Wisdom: 5 Tips to Develop a Top Talent Acquisition Strategy

Hire Wisdom: 5 Tips to Develop a Top Talent Acquisition Strategy

February 14th, 2014

Have you ever gone to market for talent without a plan or without a team? It can be overwhelming and result in a poor hiring decision. When companies are unable to recruit top talent, it often comes down to the absence of a talent acquisition strategy or the absence of a team to do it.

5 Myths About Engaging a Headhunter

5 Myths About Engaging a Headhunter

January 14th, 2014

Last year, my colleague Carly-Anne Fairlie wrote Top 5 Myths About Headhunters/Recruiters, where she deconstructed popular myths held by job seekers about working with a headhunter. In this blog, I will look at the issue from a client’s point of view, tackling some preconceived notions (some true, some not) about working with headhunters.

6 Ways to Attract Top Talent With a Well-Branded Business

6 Ways to Attract Top Talent With a Well-Branded Business

November 22nd, 2013

Who doesn’t want to work for one of the top 10 … or even the top 100 companies on the Best Employers in Canada list? But if you’re a senior manager looking to hire top talent and your company’s name isn’t on that list, how do you attract the most qualified applicants for a job opening?

How to Effectively Use Social Media to Recruit Top Talent

How to Effectively Use Social Media to Recruit Top Talent

October 31st, 2013

Social Media is a great recruitment tool for companies looking to hire digitally savvy talent.  But it has to been done right, or the top talent will see right through it.  Just signing up on…

Hire Wisdom: The 12 Keys to Successful Hiring

Hire Wisdom: The 12 Keys to Successful Hiring

October 22nd, 2013

By Ross Campbell, Toronto Financial Services & Insurance Recruiter Unsuccessful hiring is arguably the biggest problem in business today.  Pardon the cliché, but the right people really do make or break the company, and hiring…