*Red Seal Recruiting is pleased to welcome Holly Shaw to share her thoughts with us as a guest author! If you are a recruiting professional and would like to submit a post on our blog, please contact kael@redsealrecruiting.com. Current economic…
It's very interesting watching the interest and excitement around the cannabis industry. After 15 years of recruiting in agriculture and food/beverage manufacturing, I’ve noticed that the cannabis industry has a lot of similarities and similar challenges. Initially, as Canadian legalisation…
When a company has a critical role where an employee is just not able to do the job to a satisfactory level, they should always be terminated. Unfortunately, due to a lack of employees who can cover the job and…
Our last entry on reference checks delved into best practices when hiring for management roles. But what about when you’re recruiting for skilled trades on the floor or in the field? Odds are, you don’t have the capacity to conduct…
Those of us who have read the books Top Grading or Who: The A Method for Hiring know that there are two kinds of reference checking. There’s in-depth reference checking, and the alternative fast reference checking using text messaging and…
Should I post our jobs on this job board? This is a question we often ask ourselves here at Red Seal, as we spend thousands every month marketing our clients' roles. How does one decide if a certain job board…
Employee reviews compiled by Indeed and Glassdoor can be a great asset or a great problem. There are companies with lots of positive reviews from former and current employees, but there are also companies with very harsh and critical reviews…
2019 is bringing huge changes to the way employers hire, and right now more employers than ever are hiring on Facebook. The company is targeting small businesses (which do most of the hiring in this country) to find employees through…
Can giving tax-free money to your employees solve recruiting challenges? Maybe in the case of short term projects where you can’t find local candidates. But otherwise, almost all tax dodges end in heart/wallet ache. Canada Revenue agency allows for Tax-Free…
*Red Seal Recruiting is pleased to welcome Vernon Fischer CFP, FEA, President of Fischer Financial Services, to share his thoughts with us as a guest author! If you are a recruiting professional and would like to submit a post on our…