Networking for Business 102: Selling Your Skills, Following Up, and Getting those Contracts
Last week we discussed the social aspect of social networking: the act of presenting yourself as more than just the sum of your business or skillset. Charming prospects into trusting your character is where all business in a face-to-face environment begins. But how do you actually translate those social interactions into meaningful work down the…
Read MoreNetworking for Work 101: How To Win People, Charm Prospects, and Build Your Network
If you’ve ever been to an industry mixer event, you probably have a bad impression of networking. Either you believe networking is full of dead ends (and they are), or you struggle to really sell your personality and your work to prospects — connecting with the unfamiliar can be daunting and quite difficult. This is…
Read MoreHow Employers Can Reach Out to Millennials And Start Recruiting Them
Not since Generation X has modern media been so fixated with an age demographic. Bloggers and journalists treat the Millennial generation as something halfway between mystery and suspicion. Employers, marketers, and brand specialists swap almost-myths and hearsay of how to capture the elusive Millennial, swapping tactics like tackleboxes. Employers need to change their messaging going…
Read More3 Quick Tips to Market Yourself Better to Employers
The tech industry, especially in an industry like Toronto’s, tend to produce very different experiences for different people. It’s an industry that tends to be in very high demand, but not always consistently across different positions and types of development work. This can lead to fairly sizable portion of tech workers being told that the…
Read MoreTechWeek Toronto Will Highlight Up and Coming Talent in the GTA
For the first time in the city’s history, TechWeek is coming to Toronto, and will run July 25th to the 29th across the lower downtown area. Hosted coast-to-coast across the United States for the last five years, 2016 represents a watershed moment for Canada’s up-and-coming tech nexus in a week of innovation, collaboration, and networking…
Read More5 Reasons why Toronto is Well Positioned for Tech Booms
If you work in IT in any capacity, a coworker or a friend has undoubtedly tried to lure you into moving out West. Whether to Vancouver, Seattle, or San Francisco, you’ve probably had your ear talked off about the salary differences, the benefits, and just how beautiful and relaxing the West Coast is. Toronto doesn’t…
Read MoreApp Store Sponsored Search Puts Mobile Publishers on Uneven Playing Ground
Over the last weekend of June, Apple began the testing of their Paid App Search feature. The feature is in line with Google Play’s promoted search. The move, shortly after Apple’s ad-blocking attempt with iOS9, isn’t without its controversy. Long-time Apple fans feel paid ads will lead to the same unhelpful clutter that plagues the…
Read MoreDespite Social Media Domination, Home-Grown Recruitment Still Fill a Role
LinkedIn’s resurgence in the job market as of late should come as no small surprise, given it’s recent acquisition by tech powerhouse Microsoft. Social spheres, and in particular professional ones, have begun to stake their ground and begin fighting over territory, industry, and personnel. But even if you can find a thousand-and-one jobs online, LinkedIn…
Read MoreGoogle’s announces Springboard, a “Smart AI” Productivity Manager for Small Enterprises
In the middle of June, Google announced a re-haul of its Sites feature. Overlooked by all but the dedicated of Googlites, Site and its workflow support is integrating with their wholesale new Springboard system. Similar to Microsoft’s Sway and Office’s Delve feature, Sprinboard Googles strongest assets first. Features such as Search capability, integrated with what…
Read MoreWill LinkedIn and Microsoft be the Network Professionals are Hoping For?
With a price tag of $26.2 billion USD, Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn is by and far the biggest tech buyout in history. Described by investment bears as a Hail Mary pass on the part of Microsoft, a giant that some see as in the process of a shortfall. The announcement came with more than a…
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