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Canada's Top Job Boards

Few employers ever bother to place ads in newspapers anymore. The workforce is now mostly…

Three Interview Questions to Get Beyond the Resume

Resumes are an important hiring tool, but their usefulness wanes as you progress through the…

Limiting Low Skilled Foreign Workers Is Good For Young Canadians

Early in 2014, a young man from Victoria, BC, pointed at his employer and said…

Industrial Sectors – Still a Good Career?

Is employment in heavy industrial fields a good choice?  People employed in Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC…

How To Increase Your Application Submission Rate By 5-15%

As recruiters, we like to have a full candidate bank. This is how we identify…

Lack Of Skilled Workers In Trades Costing Billions To Canadian Economy

When a company has a job vacancy, it's not really saving money. Along with the…

Can You Email Candidates Or Do You Risk A $10 Million Fine?

Thanks to the new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (abbreviated as CASL), it's gotten a whole lot…

Just Google it! Um, Maybe. Wait… Methods and Implications of Online Candidate Research

In recruitment, screening and interviewing candidates can often lead to more questions than answers: did…

What should large Canadian employers take out of the EI cut for small businesses?

The federal government just announced that Canada is cutting the Employment Insurance premiums for small…

Alberta Launches Its Canada Jobs Grant Program

Alberta has just launched its version of the highly controversial, federally-funded Canada Job Grant Program. But…