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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

This has shown that the state of hiring within the Canadian tech industry in current cities and emerging cities are growing. Hiring for tech jobs in Vancouver is all done online. or Indeed are used by HR professionals searching to hire within the British Columbia tech industry. In 2016, 16.4% Job sites such as BCjobs.ca

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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Biggest Accomplishment in 2016

Hearpreneur

2016 was a bad year for some and for some it was a great year. In the last few days of 2016, we took some time to ask a few entrepreneurs and business what their biggest business accomplishments were. #1 I officially incorporated my culinary consulting business January 2016 after freelancing in the industry for 2 years.

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Some Thoughts on Leadership Going into 2016

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a new year – 2016. They hire their initial co-founders and early employees and everybody has a sense of “mission.” We try to hire deeply analytical associates to can help companies problem solve and who make us better investors. A Sense of Purpose. You can’t make everybody an SVP.

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Why 2016 Will Be A Turning Point For Startups And Other Software And Tech Firms

YoungUpstarts

As any business owner will tell you, the most important aspect of keeping their company afloat is money — money to hire new employees, money to buy new equipment and money to get those fantastic ideas off the ground. Furthermore, those employees happen to be another key component in qualifying for the credit.

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Could Who You Hire Affect Your Chances Of Business Success? Definitely!

YoungUpstarts

A wise man once said that employees are the life force of a company. Instead, you will hire workers to do this for you. As such, it’s important to choose your employees very carefully indeed. Therefore, it is in their best interest to hire people with a lot of experience. Your employees should look professional.

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Brittleness comes from “One Thing”

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

A key employee left the company, which caused the company to fail. “One key employee” is brittle. You can’t just hire three more fantastic developers to create a robust engineering team, and you can’t just snap your fingers and find three new efficient, productive marketing channels. Talk about brittle!

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Hiring Freelancers: How to avoid bad apples?

Transformify

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. Why do you hire gig workers and freelancers? In your opinion, are freelancers and contingent workers less motivated and loyal than full-time employees?

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