The InnovateWork Toronto gang will be hosting their first community meetup tonight at The Citizen on King West. Around 50 HR, Talent and Tech pros are expected to come out to network and share innovative ideas about how to improve the world of work and see a session presented by Travis Dutka, Culture Curator at 360insights. Travis spends […]
Ten Recruiting Blogs for SMBs You Must Read
Do you have a small business? If yes, how do you ensure you are adopting the best practices to enhance your recruitment process? Blogs are the best way to explore what is trending in the market. We are compiling the best blogs in this article which you can bookmark. 5 Strategies Every Small Business Can […]
Preparing For Stressful Silicon Valley Job Interviews
For most recent college graduates the technology sector is an attractive career. Silicon Valley seems like a really exciting place. Innovation is happening on a regular basis. Some of the companies those graduates might use every day came from there. The compensation seems really high. And the growth opportunities bountiful. And while all of these […]
HRchat Interview with Jeremy Shaki: Building New Technical Skills
In this episode of the HRchat podcast, Bill Banham talks with Jeremy Shaki, Co-Founder and CEO at Lighthouse Labs, an organization with a mission to help bring extremely important and hard to achieve technical professional skills to people at the level they are seeking them – be that upgrading their coding skills for non-technical roles, […]
Eight Creative Ways to Save Money for a Sabbatical
You can live the life of your dreams with clever planning methods. Most people think about going on sabbatical to explore the other side of their fantasies in life; but quite very wrongly, the majority of people think they do not have the financial power to foot the bills; how very wrong they were! You […]
Job vs Career: How Today’s Employees Are Different
Employers in today’s job market are struggling—not only to find top candidates in the hiring process, but to keep their best employees around. As companies continue to lose employees, they’re asking, “What have we done wrong?” To get to the bottom of this challenge, you might want to ask a slightly different question: What haven’t […]
HRchat Interview with Matt Alder: The Importance of Storytelling in Employer Branding
In episode 103 of the HRchat show, Matt Burns talks with Matt Alder, Edinburgh-based Talent Acquisition Innovation Consultant at MetaShift and Host of the Recruiting Future Podcast. Matt is also an experienced speaker who has delivered keynotes in 16 different countries, and author of two books – “Exceptional Talent” in 2017 and “Digital Talent” in 2019. Listen […]
Five Steps to Making Inclusion a Priority
Diversity and Inclusion Tips for HR inclusion a priority requires the active involvement and long-term commitment of all employees, from entry-level employees to C-suite executives. That’s because when someone who isn’t a top executive is handed the job of transforming the company’s culture toward greater inclusion, he or she will lack the power and authority that this […]
How to Leverage Gamified Assessments for Talent Acquisition
It’s sometimes tiring, maddening, and even wasting our efforts if we don’t find the right candidate for our organization. Of course, I’m talking about talent acquisition! The traditional approach has made many organizations replace their processes with gamified assessments. The growing interest in gamification stems from the desire to increase the levels of employee involvement […]
Top Tips for Hiring Technical Support Pros
How can you hire the right people for your technical support team? What are the key skills and qualities you should be looking for? You will find detailed answers to these and many other important questions in this guide. Hiring technical support agents is not an easy task. For this reason, we’ve written a guide […]