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The restaurant industry is competitive and cutthroat at the best of times but how do you compete with a global pandemic. Many restaurants had to close suddenly due to the ongoing public health emergency and those that have tried to stay afloat are experiencing a dramatic slowdown in customers. “As a company that is focused […]
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Want To Work For A Startup? Check Out This Crash Guide To Get Hired
Imagine getting a job at Apple or Amazon or Google or Shopify before everybody knew about them and wanted to get a job there. Those companies were tiny startups before they were huge and famous. Startups are some of the greatest places to launch your career, but very few people understand exactly what a startup is, or […]
Ten Companies That Are Hiring In Toronto Now
An unprecedented global pandemic has flipped everything we know on its head with employers across the city, province and country having transitioned their teams to be fully remote for the foreseeable future. Fortunately tech talent is one of the most resilient professions in any economic downturn, and this has been particularly so during the COVID-19 […]
Okta Will Let Most Of Its 2,600 Employees Work Remotely Permanently
Workplace software company Okta plans to let most of its employees work remotely on a permanent basis, becoming the latest Silicon Valley company to adopt sweeping office policy changes amid the pandemic — and in the face of shifting US immigration policy. This spring, Okta told employees they could choose not to return to the […]
Get A Free Online Diversity & Inclusion Tool for Your Business
HR Tech Group has launched a free online resource for Canada’s technology industry that provides access to more than 300 best-in-class Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) resources and tools. The D&I Resource HUB has been in development since 2019, and builds on eight years of sector stakeholder engagement, labour market information projects & strategy development. The […]
Is The Remote Work Honeymoon Over?
There is no doubt that COVID-19 accelerated the remote work revolution by removing the last barriers to remote work adoption. Terminal has published their inaugural Remote Leadership Report which reveals that, despite early success, the vast majority of engineering-driven companies are not equipped for a long-term shift to remote work. The research explores how company […]
Calgary Looks To Toronto For Tech Talent
Last Fall Calgary Economic Development (CED) launched a campaign to attract tech talent to the prairie city. To inspire tech professionals to consider Calgary as a place to do meaningful work and have an unmatched quality of life, Live Tech. Love Life draws a parallel between working in tech and Calgary’s lifestyle. With the COVID-19 crisis […]
Navigating the Virtual Job Hunt Amid COVID-19
An unprecedented global pandemic has flipped everything we know on its head with employers across the city, province and country having transitioned their teams to be fully remote for the foreseeable future. Job seekers now face a new hurdle: how to navigate the virtual environment in order to successfully apply, interview, and land their dream […]
Lighthouse Labs Launches New $500K COVID Scholarship
Last week StatsCan announced an unemployment rate of 10.9% in July, down from 12.3% in June. As people begin to return to the labour market amidst easing restrictions, experts advise to prepare for a post-coronavirus workforce by acquiring skills in technology. In an effort to make re-skilling opportunities accessible, Canadian tech education leader Lighthouse Labs […]
20 Companies Are Hiring For Over 200 Roles In Calgary
Last Fall Calgary Economic Development (CED) launched a campaign to attract tech talent to the prairie city. To inspire tech professionals to consider Calgary as a place to do meaningful work and have an unmatched quality of life, Live Tech. Love Life drew a parallel between working in tech and Calgary’s lifestyle. With more than 2,000 […]