Thomson Reuters, a forerunner in embracing technologies such as machine learning for three decades, has divulged findings from research into the integration of artificial intelligence in various professions. A survey encompassing perspectives from over 1,200 professionals across legal, accounting, risk, and compliance sectors in the Americas and UK shines light on the future of work […]
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Canada’s Best Workplaces In Technology For 2023
Great Place to Work, an organization that evaluates companies based on company culture, has released its 2023 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 workplace, […]
The Latest and Greatest Tech Offices in Canada
What company you work for matters. Each one is different. Are you passionate about the company’s product? Do their corporate values align with your own personal values? Do you enjoy collaborating with your coworkers? Sometimes, what makes or breaks a job is the physical space in which one works. A dark, dreary isolating office area […]
Thomson Reuters Builds Innovation Hub for Future of Work in Toronto
Toronto-based global technology company Thomson Reuters this week announced the opening of a new centre in the downtown area of the city. Located at 19 Duncan Street, the new centre has been designed to meet the demands of “the future of work.” Situated amongst the company’s legal, tax, corporate, government, and academic customers, the new […]
Software Engineers Continue to Wear Crown in Canada as Companies Compete for Tech Talent
Data from LinkedIn recently confirmed what everyone in tech already knew: that coding is a coveted skill in Canada and beyond. In a complex and challenging market—from hybrid work to economic tightening—companies are doing everything in their power to attract and retain talented engineers, who remain the essential life-force of many tech organizations. “Technology plays […]
Attention Employers: Here’s What Tech Talent Demands Most in 2022
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 […]
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 […]