YouTube was a different sort of platform, operating on a different kind of internet, back when Linus Sebastian launched his first channel in 2007. The content creator’s success through Linus Tech Tips has transcended shifts in social media and other technologies. The friendly and helpful persona of Linus himself—and more recently, a growing team of […]
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Expect These 35 Canadian Companies to Continue Hiring—Here’s Why
Communitech this month unveiled the first ever Team True North. The Kitchener-based hub for entrepreneurship created the list to spotlight “the best of Canadian tech”—which by their measure is defined as high-performing tech firms “tracking to $1 billion in annual revenue with growth rates that match the top 1% of companies in the world.” “Why did […]
Ranking Canada’s Best Companies to Work For at Every Size
Where you work matters. At the average Canadian workplace, roughly 60% of employees consider where they work to be “great.” However, this figure rises to 90% for those among the “Best Workplaces in Canada.” That’s quite a difference. Great Place to Work this month released their 2022 lists, which in total represent the voices of […]
Toronto’s FreshBooks Is Now A Unicorn And Is Hiring
Toronto’s FreshBooks has raised a USD $80.75 million Series E round of funding. FreshBooks claims that the round raises its valuation to more than USD $1 billion — a milestone for tech startups known as unicorn status — putting it among a series of Canadian companies to reach the marker in the past year, including […]
10 Companies In Toronto That Tech Talent Want To Work For
What motivates candidates to take that recruiter call and leave their current role? Today’s most successful companies are the ones that realize their people are their most important asset, and that attracting great talent requires a strong employer brand. A company with a poor reputation could be building the most innovative product, exceed their earnings […]
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 […]
These Companies Are Hiring During The COVID-19 Pandemic
We’re living in unprecedented times and it will take years for the Canadian economy to recover. To support those who have lost jobs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Toronto startup community created a CDN Startup Community #COVID19 Talent Help List last week. This week we’ve got the other side of the equation coming together […]
What are Canada’s Best Workplaces for Inclusion
All people everywhere deserve to work in an organization where they trust their leaders, take pride in what they do, and enjoy their colleagues. More and more organizations realize that high-trust workplaces—where every employee’s potential is realized—are good for business and good for society. When there’s an authentic commitment to inclusion, fairness and trust-building throughout […]
Best Workplaces in Toronto Tech for Millennials
Millennials are taking over the workforce and companies need to adapt. According to a Deloitte study, nearly 75 percent of Millennials believe that a “work from home” or “work remotely” policy is important. Great Place to Work has announced the 2019 list of Best Workplaces for Millennials and Toronto’s tech community appears to be the […]
Canada’s Best Workplaces in Tech
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2019 list of Canada’s Best Workplaces in Technology. Organizations were selected based on Great Place to Work’s Trust Index Survey, which measures the employee experience at each company. Employees are asked how frequently they experience behaviours that create a great […]