Finding top talent is difficult. It’s even more difficult to attract and recruit talent as a startup. You have limited resources. You are competing with other startups. You are also competing with large companies with…
By Randy Quarin, Co-Founder & Emerging Technology Recruiter The Canadian job market is red hot once again. The country added 80,000 jobs in November during a time when most predicted the economy would start slowing…
By Randy Quarin, Co-Founder & Emerging Technology Recruiter The cannabis business is about to explode here in Canada. With marijuana set to be legalized in 2018, many within the cannabis industry are hiring. As with…
One of the biggest challenges for entrepreneurs and startups is raising enough capital to sustain operations in the early years. Pitching potential investors, networking, meeting with financial organizations, and waiting for funding to come in…
The goal of hiring is to find the best talent possible – the person(s) that will help fill the void in your company and help you meet your objectives. However, with so much competition, and with recruiting practices ever-evolving, it can be difficult to stay on top of things – and difficult to find the talent you need for your company to thrive.
The modern workplace is very different from what professionals expected and experienced only a few years ago, and it has changed significantly since the millennium. So what is in store for 2017? Our recruiters have put together a list of workplace trends that could take hold this year:
With many Canadians working well into their 60s and deciding to put off retirement for a few years, the 55+ candidates have become one of the hottest commodities in recruiting.
Public Relations and Communications has evolved significantly over the past 5 years. The evolution of digital and social media has allowed ‘word of mouth’ to move at a very rapid pace and, now more than ever, digitally savvy consumers are debunking traditional advertising methods and seeking the opinions of friends, industry experts and celebrities.
“So you’ve found the perfect candidate. You offer them the job and they accept! Everything is going swimmingly, recruiter life is good. But then in a couple of days…maybe a week or two, you get a phone call or email from that perfect candidate saying that they’ve decided to stay with their current company because they’ve been given an offer that they can’t refuse.”
