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In an era of shared workspaces, freelancers, consulting roles, and expats working overseas, the number of contract workers worldwide is constantly growing. In Canada, 13.6% of the workforce was [...]

With so many factors involved in the hiring process, it is important to hire the best person for the role. A hasty, unsuitable hiring decision can be costly down the line. At the same time, [...]

According to Wikipedia, case interviews are “a job interview in which the applicant is presented with a challenging business scenario that he/she must investigate and propose a solution to. Case [...]

Behavioural interviews focus on getting candidates to answer questions with specific examples of past experiences rather than hypotheticals. The root of this is the belief that past behaviour is [...]

The words “panel interview” can drive fear into most experienced interviewer’s heart. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. Panel interviews really aren’t about facing a firing squad; and they [...]

Video interviews are becoming more common place. If you haven’t had to do a video interview yet, know that you will probably encounter this method of interviewing sooner rather than later.  Don’t [...]

Telephone interviews are often the first point of contact you have with a future employer.  Whether defined as a prescreen, or an interview, they are usually short and to the point.  Just long [...]

Reference letters are not a thing of the past, and you may on occasion find that you need to request a written reference letter to keep on file. While this is not common practise, at some stage [...]

You can ask all the reference check questions in the world; but if those questions are not in-depth and insightful the information you receive will not be worth the time you spent getting it. The [...]

When email first came into existence, we couldn’t wait to find an unread item in our inbox. The joy of receiving an email was equivalent to receiving a hand-written letter today. How times have [...]