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Eleven Tech Companies Looking For Canadian Talent In 2022

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If someone asked you to guess which city in North America has the fastest growing technology market, you might guess San Francisco or Austin. But you’d be looking too far south. According to a recent Tech Talent Report, Toronto is actually North America’s fastest-growing technology market, and Vancouver isn’t far behind. High-growth companies across Canada have […]

Women from BWOSS, Shopify and Google Explore the Colourful Side of Tech Sales

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It’s a common understanding that women are disproportionately represented in tech. The Covid-19 pandemic has only further underscored the barriers and issues of inequality women and women of colour face as they build their careers in the technology industry. Regardless of educational background or training, women accounted for 63% of the 1 million jobs lost […]

Shopify To Double Engineering Team With 2,021 New Hires In 2021

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Shopify has tapped industry veteran Cathy Polinsky as the company’s new vice president of engineering as it plans to double the size of its engineering team this year. As the newest senior leader on Shopify’s engineering team, Polinsky will lead Shopify’s efforts to build its e-commerce infrastructure and will lead the company’s efforts to double […]

Amazon Doubles Down On Toronto

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Amazon has signed new leases in downtown Toronto. According to The Globe and Mail, the Seattle-based tech giant has taken an additional 100,000 square feet in two buildings in the south part of Toronto’s financial district. Amazon confirmed today with Tech Talent Canada that it is taking new space in office buildings in which it […]

10 Companies In Toronto That Tech Talent Want To Work For

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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 […]

Fast Company Names Four Canadian Workplaces Among Best for Innovators

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Fast Company has published their second annual list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators. The list identifies companies that encourage bold experimentation, not just from the C-suite or engineering groups but from every level of the organization. And now more than ever, businesses of every kind, from every industry, must innovate to survive and thrive. […]

Trump’s H-1B Visa Halt Focuses Tech Talent On Canada

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Tech executives are urging skilled workers to “look North” after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily blocking some employment-related visas, including Silicon Valley’s preferred visa for hiring high-skilled immigrants. The H-1B visa allows skilled workers with “highly specialized knowledge,” such as engineers and scientists, to work in the United States […]

Shopify Moves To ‘Digital By Default’ – CEO Declares ‘Office Centricity is Over’

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Known historically for their flexible working arrangements, the COVID-19 crisis has pushed Shopify further in that direction. Today CEO Tobi Lutke announced on Twitter that Shopify is now a digital by default company. “We will keep our offices closed until 2021 so that we can rework them for this new reality. And after that, most […]

Get Your Application In To Intern With Shopify

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Shopify is on fire. Canada’s favorite e-commerce company just became the country’s second-most valuable company on the TSX behind RBC. Now valued at over $100 billion, investors are flocking to the stock after Shopify CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux said they were experiencing ‘Black Friday-type’ traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shopify continues to deliver good news with […]

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