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Top of My Game

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[This week’s blog comes from Sonia Ragbeer, who just earned her Bachelor of Commerce from Ryerson University, majoring in human resources management and minoring in marketing. Last month, she completed her one-year term as President of Ryerson’s Human Resources Student Association.] Read More

Career Edge Case Competition

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We hosted our first-ever case competition this past Saturday at the Ted Rogers School of Management! With students from Ryerson University, Seneca College, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, University of Toronto Mississauga, University of Toronto Scarborough, Western University, and York University competing for a $3,000 prize pool, we’d like to congratulate again Ameerul Junaidi, Anika Lee, Mujtaba Malik, and Paul Park from University of Toronto Scarborough who won the $1,500 first-place prize.

We’d also like to congratulate Bohan Jiang, Max Verzunov, Jane Wang, and Gary Wu from Western University finishing second and Ryusuke Hijikata, Dimash Mussabetov, Jinxuan Wang, and Yingqi Yan from York University placing third. The team registration proceeds will be donated to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

We’d also like to thank the Ryerson Entertainment Conference, our sponsor EAInfoBiz Inc., our judges Wendy Abbott, Chris Chen, Jenny Ge, Sydney Helland, Pallavi Kodila Srikanth, Valerie Khan, Jennifer Longworth, Carrie Millen, Shelly Mlynarczyk, Natalie Pedrosa, Dr. Vineet Sharma, Sandra Shehadeh, Karen Sihra, Jim Thomson, Sunny Vykunthan, our panelists Carol Alfieri, Dr. Trina Foster, Henry Guerreiro, Vivian Li, Dorena Quinn, and moderator Lien Chia.

2019 recruitment trends

2019 Recruitment Trends

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Last January, we discussed artificial intelligence, passive candidates, video assessments, and more. This year, unlike the talent scarcity that’s got North American employers sweating, there’s no deficiency in emerging – and returning – recruitment trends for this decade’s remainder. As candidates continue wrestling leverage from employers, organizations will adapt accordingly to innovate their recruitment strategies, shielding top candidates from those prowling and pilfering competitors. It’s 2019 – the talent’s still hot, the recruitment battle’s hotter, and these are your 2019 recruitment trends!

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Cannabis Legalization

Cannabis Industry Job Creation

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Its historic recreational decriminalization has induced stress upon lawmakers responsible for considering every unintended consequence of the historic legislation. Provincial governments and municipal administrations have enacted their respective bylaws, outlining various regulations designed to protect citizens from the unintended consequences of cannabis consumption. From apartment leases to impaired driving, civic facilities and public parks to youth advertising, employee conduct policies and youth protection, the legalization of recreational cannabis has its consequences. Read More

Which DIY Recruitment Costume Are You?

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With Halloween approaching, you probably need some creative ideas for recruitment costumes. Whether you’re loud and dramatic or nurturing and supportive, we’ve got the perfect DIY outfits to showcase your inner recruiter.

Dress up as one of the recruitment essentials. Learn which DIY recruitment costume you are based on your recruiter archetype… Read More

Long Weekend

Long Weekend Plans

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Whether you’re the longtime CEO, or an intern finishing your first week, it’s important to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Need ideas? Read some of our new team members’ long weekend plans and how they’ll de-stress: Read More