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Turbulent times have arrived: A storm comprised of pandemic hysteria, inflation and recession fears, supply chain issues, spiralling housing costs, widespread layoffs—the list goes on. By 2025, half the workforce is expected to consist of Gen Z and Millennials, most of whom have never dealt with such cumulative chaos. To navigate such a volatile market, […]
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Amid Layoffs and Possible Recession, Tech Employees Not in Good Spirits
Several thousand Canadians employed in the technology sector have been laid off this year, as a brief post-Pandemic surge has quickly soured into a global downturn. Layoffs hail from a wide range of companies, including Ottawa’s Shopify, Toronto’s Clearco, and Vancouver’s Article and Unbounce. The freshly rebranded Hootsuite took a particularly large hit, trimming 30% of […]
HR Platform Humi Acquires Scheduling Software Ameego to Optimize Work Streams in Canada
Humi has acquired Ameego, a scheduling software company founded in Winnipeg in 2006. Toronto-based Humi, which provides an all-in-one Human Resources platform, says the joining of forces will bring together essential workforce management software to simplify employer work streams and enhance the employee experience. “Since the beginning, Humi’s mission has been to make the lives […]
Actively Hiring Givex Unveils Global Remote Work Policy
Toronto’s Givex announced this week its new global remote work policy. The Toronto-based fintech firm, which has more than 300 employees across 12 offices in 10 countries, has been adapting to remote work for more than two years now—ever since the initial Covid-19 Pandemic lockdowns. “It has been almost 30 months since our teams left our offices […]
Sanofi Calls Toronto Home for New AI Global Centre of Excellence, With Plans for Significant Hiring
Sanofi, a leader in global health care, just announced a new Global AI Centre of Excellence, located in Toronto. Focused on the power of data, analytics and AI, Toronto joins the likes of Boston, Paris, New York, and Barcelona in welcoming the company’s new digital hub. We sat down with many of their team members, […]
State of Workforce Report: Canadian Tech Still Hiring in 2022, Expects 19,000 New Jobs
Some days it feels like we are watching tech talent drop like flies. Several companies big and small—many with plans to expand their workforce—have been compelled to “trim the fat,” so to speak, due to shifting market realities in 2022. Yet the momentum of tech growth in Canada is so strong that it seems these […]
10 Companies Hiring Tech Talent in August
The past several years have been good to the global startup economy. 2021 set many records for startup financing in Canada. The year included many sizeable rounds, such as $61 million for Propel Holdings; $64 million for Neo Financial; $44 million for Properly; $72 million for Bench; and nearly $300 million for Fraction Technologies in […]
Shopify To Lay Off 1,000 Employees Today
Early last year Shopify announced plans to double the size of its engineering team in 2021 by hiring 2,021 new technical staff. Today Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke announced that Shopify would be reducing their workforce by 10%, approximately 1,000 employees, by the end of the day. According to Lütke, the layoffs are necessary as the e-commerce boom that fuelled […]
A Deep Dive Into CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent Report
Each year, we eagerly anticipate CBRE’s annual Scoring Tech Talent Report. The report ranks 50 cities throughout North America and provides a score, positioning each tech talent market against its competitors. Cities throughout Canada consistently rank in the top 10, with Toronto rounding out the top five year after year and moving up to the 3rd […]
Across Canada, a Range of Interesting Opportunities in Tech Right Now
The technology sector has cooled off, with certain markets like fintech seeing a lot less action now than last year. And yet as events like the recent Tech Talent Canada Job Fair show, many companies are still consciously expanding their teams even in the face of looming downturn. Below we highlight just five of the […]