For Employers
How High Interest Rates Impact the Canadian Job Market
As the year unfolds, Canada finds itself amidst a challenging economic landscape characterized by elevated interest rates. In such a climate, the reverberations are felt across various sectors, profoundly influencing the dynamics of the job market. Let’s explore how the persistently high interest rates in 2024 are shaping employment trends in Canada. 1. Dampened Consumer…
Read More7 Toronto Tech Positions In Extremely High Demand
Defying recent trends, job seekers might be surprised to know that, despite leaving the 2016 year on uncertain and ambiguous term — the Canadian IT industry may be one of the few things left to be excited about in the new year. Entrepreneurship seems to drive growth in Toronto’s IT industry more than it does…
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 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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