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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

The tech job landscape across Canada has continued to grow. In 2018, Canada had a record-low unemployment rate and as a result we are seeing more companies, startups and online-based businesses dedicated to serving the niche-jobs industry. Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry.

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Unique ways to solve today’s talent crunch

Version One Ventures

This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. Onshore immigrant employees in Canada. News canada Facebook hiring Jet Cooper Shopify talent Vancouver'

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Six Criteria for Outsourcing the Right Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada.

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Six Key Factors in the Right Outsourcing Decision

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada.

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Unique ways to solve today’s talent crunch

Version One Ventures

This hiring challenge has pushed several startups to get creative and take an innovative approach to recruiting. Today’s trend of acqui-hires can result in some dissatisfied technical teams post acquisition. Onshore immigrant employees in Canada. News canada Facebook hiring Jet Cooper Shopify talent Vancouver'

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Software

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. In the USA, “near-shore” is a euphemism for connected countries, like Mexico and Canada.

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Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles?

SoCal CTO

About 18 months ago, the entire group began to mention that they were having more difficulty finding good developers. Since then it has become much harder to find people and while we are talking about hiring relatively small numbers of people, the typical sources of candidates dont seem to be working.