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We know that for many, spirits have been down recently—no wonder, with a market downturn resulting in significant layoffs in Canadian tech. Yet a recent report from recruiting platform Hired shows that job-seekers are “still in the driver’s seat,” even if it may not feel that way. “While it may appear power in the current […]
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8 Canadian Companies Offering Remote Tech Talent Opportunities Right Now
With many offices returning to hybrid work more than two years since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic rather than all-office, full-time remote work has become thoroughly normalized. The unexpected experiment showed remote work en masse can be done. Today, the quantity of open remote tech positions is significantly higher than it was pre-pandemic: Remote tech […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
7 Canadian Companies Hiring Tech This Summer
The past several years have been good to the global startup economy. Following the last major recession in North America, venture capital ramped up through the 2010s. While the pandemic caused an abrupt halt, the momentum was not dispersed; it lingered at the door until the floodgates opened once again, and as a result 2021 […]
Thomson Reuters Boosts Workplace Flexibility as Company Hires for 100 Roles in Canada
Thomson Reuters is dedicated to improving workplace flexibility and wellbeing for employees. The Canadian multinational media conglomerate announced this month that it is expanding its Work from Anywhere policy. The Toronto-born giant also unveiled a new sabbatical program arriving this fall. “Throughout the pandemic, we saw survey after survey showing employees across sectors feeling burned […]