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Commercial real estate broker CBRE has released their 2021 Scoring Tech Talent report which breaks down tech talent by city in North America. The four fastest-growing cities, as measured by the number of employees percentage-wise over the last five years, were all Canadian. Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Vancouver, and Edmonton each increased the size of their talent […]
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Thanks To Remote Work, Canadians Are Leaving Montreal & Toronto for Halifax & Vancouver
After a year of embracing remote work, Canadians are flocking to Halifax and Vancouver to enjoy the benefits of life on the coast. The increase in Canadians moving for remote jobs, affordable living and ultimately, a change in post-pandemic lifestyle is highlighted in LinkedIn’s first-ever Workforce Report for Canada, which looked at the internal migration trends […]
New LinkedIn Data Reveals What Canadian’s Value In A New Job
After a year of unprecedented conditions, a number of Canada’s Top Companies are shaking up how they structure their worksites and workdays, with many planning to offer more flexible and hybrid remote/in-person roles even after the pandemic is over. So, are they giving people what they want? In the latest edition of the Workforce Confidence Index, LinkedIn looked at what Canadians […]
Canadian Tech Job Postings Up 30% From Pre-pandemic Levels
Canadian tech was among the least scathed areas of the economy early in the pandemic. According to Indeed, tech job postings on their platform plunged last spring and remained low through most of the summer, suggesting many employers stopped hiring. But since then demand for tech workers has bounced back in a big way. As […]
Half of Professionals Experience Zoom Fatigue & Burnout From Online Meetings
Halifax’s Virtira Consulting has released the results of its latest workplace study, “The Webcam Survey: Exhausted or Engaged?” Not surprisingly the report reveals the negative impact on employees as they navigate excessive time in front of webcams in an effort to continue business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the revelations is that nearly […]
More than Half of Canadians Would Reskill Into A New Career If Given the Opportunity
Canadian tech education leader Lighthouse Labs has released the results of a new survey that gives surprising insight into the career outlook of employed Canadians. The survey shows us that more than half of Canadians want to reskill into a new career, but the majority feel prohibited from doing so due to fear of starting […]
Candidate Pool Expands As Tech Talent Canada Hosts Largest Virtual Event To Date
Yesterday Tech Talent Canada hosting our fourth virtual job fair and it was our biggest event to date with over 3,000 registered candidates. Unlike traditional in-person recruiting events, virtual job fairs allow us to capture more data points on the candidate demographics and it is always interesting to perform a post-mortem on the audience. Here […]
Tech Talent North: How Canada Holds Its Own In The Global Race For Talent
The Innovation Economy Council has released a new report titled MAGNETIC NORTH: How Canada Holds Its Own In The Global Race For Innovation Talent. The report covers a variety of topics including the COVID talent landscape, the remote work trend, and Silicon Valley setting up shop in Canada. The COVID talent landscape The pandemic and […]
New Data Reveals Canadians Are Stressed About Work As They Head Into The Holidays
Canada’s workforce is bracing for a tense holiday season, with fewer people planning to take time off this year and a majority reporting work or job-hunt related stress. LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Confidence Index report – based on a survey conducted between November 2nd and 15th – sheds a light on how LinkedIn members are spending […]
Tech Talent Canada Job Fair Attendees are Educated, Experienced, & Diverse
Unlike traditional in-person recruiting events, virtual events have no borders. This fact was proven by the numbers at Tech Talent Canada’s virtual job fair earlier this week: 1,751 candidates registered for our November 25th event with 1,170 of the job seekers located in Canada (69%) and 98 participating from the United States (6%). Outside of […]