What a difference a year makes. In February 2014, oil was flirting with $100 a barrel and the Canadian dollar was within 10% of the US dollar. The picture was looking good for Canadian job seekers, as the United States…
Few employers ever bother to place ads in newspapers anymore. The workforce is now mostly digital, mobile and definitely tech-savvy. The same has happened to job posting and job hunting. In 2015, we are continuing to see a shift in how…
Resumes are an important hiring tool, but their usefulness wanes as you progress through the recruitment cycle. Once you hit the interview stage, the resume should serve as no more than a reminder of the applicant's work history. Wouldn't it…
Early in 2014, a young man from Victoria, BC, pointed at his employer and said that the hiring of temporary foreign workers was standing in the way of Canadian applicants. He had noticed that many of his Canadian peers had…
Is employment in heavy industrial fields a good choice? People employed in Alberta, Saskatchewan, BC and Newfoundland may be asking this with the mining industry downturn and the concerns over the low price of oil. The truth is – yes!…
As recruiters, we like to have a full candidate bank. This is how we identify the best employees for our clients and provide the excellent service we're known for. Over the years, we've had tens of thousands of candidates apply through…
When a company has a job vacancy, it's not really saving money. Along with the price related to finding and hiring the right person, companies also absorb costs in lost productivity and business opportunities. And given the amount of trades jobs going…
Thanks to the new Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (abbreviated as CASL), it's gotten a whole lot harder for businesses to email people. Employment agencies, recruiters or headhunters, by definition, have to attract candidates. To do this, we have to actively communicate…
In recruitment, screening and interviewing candidates can often lead to more questions than answers: did their employment history seem a bit shaky or it felt like they were not being entirely truthful in their response? You want to know more…
The federal government just announced that Canada is cutting the Employment Insurance premiums for small and medium businesses. What does this mean for large employers in Canada and should they be screaming for a similar reduction in EI premiums? The…