Stafflink's Tech Staffing and Recruiting Blog
For IT Recruiters and Tech Careerists
Three Golden Nuggets to Help You Recruit and Retain Top Talent
At Stafflink, we've worked together to build a strong team of collaborative staffing professionals. We value everyone on our team! Thankfully, we haven't staff turnover in over five years. How do we keep our team intact and engaged even through a pandemic? Stafflink...
Hiring Outliers: How To Identify, Recruit and Hire Innovative Developers With Game-Changer Potential
To find developers who are innovative, go to the places where talented developers go to work on projects with their talented friends. The tech recruiters at Stafflink connect with some of these brilliant creators on Github, Stackoverflow and LinkedIn. Github is a code...
Simple improv techniques to improve your communication skills
What's the most important qualification for any job, the key ingredient of every strong team and the one skill that is indispensable to employers? Communication skills, of course. Also known as, soft skills, social skills, conversation skills. Every conversation is an...
Are you ready to talk to recruiters?
So you're looking for a job. You updated your resume and LinkedIn profile. But are you ready to talk to recruiters? Chances are when a recruiter finds you online and thinks you have potential for a job, they'll give you a call to ask you a few questions. As a tech...
Artificial intelligence creates jobs: How to thrive in the age of AI
AI is creating jobs faster than new workers can be trained Now that Toronto has become a hotbed for artificial intelligence development, the competition to hire people with training and experience in AI development is fierce. Every day here on the front line of tech...
How to Explain a Big Gap on Your Resume
A big gap of several months to a year on your resume signals a red flag for companies that are considering hiring you. People always have a good reason for taking a break from work. Often it's a personal issue that's difficult to discuss. Million dollar question — how...
Introduce Yourself with a Personal Tagline
You’re at a meet-up and someone asks, “So, what do you do?” Well you came to the right place because I'm going to help you come up with the perfect answer to that question. Your personal tagline is a short and sweet sound bite that says what you do and why you do it....
Making Toronto a Global Leader in Artificial Intelligence
Did you hear about the guy who left an executive role at Facebook in Silicon Valley to start up an artificial intelligence company right here in Toronto? That guy is Steve Irvine. He's betting that Toronto is the best place in the world to create a hub for the biggest...