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08/18/2022

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03/21/2017

People are stronger as teams than individuals, this is especially true when people get to choose their team. Think Ocean’s Eleven, The Dirty Dozen, Magnificent Seven, Three Musketeers, they’re are all exceptional teams that become unstoppable forces. http://ow.ly/INd530a5Hxt

A recent article by Inc.com dubs payment startup Stripe’s new hiring experiment that they call BYOT or Bring Your Own Team “crazy” and “insane.”...

02/13/2017

Teamit Placing Calgary Tech Talent Remotely Beyond Calgary City Limits
http://www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com/newsroom/its-a-new-era-for-calgary/

02/13/2017

What Matters More to Your Workforce than Money
https://hbr.org/2017/01/what-matters-more-to-your-workforce-than-money?es_p=3432444

It depends on how much they earn.

02/03/2017

6 tips to find and retain freelance tech workers
http://www.cio.com/article/3158717/hiring/6-tips-to-find-and-retain-freelance-tech-workers.html

Once you find reliable freelancers, you won't want to stop there. Follow these five tips to help build and retain a stable of freelance workers.

02/02/2017

The difference between the Traditional CIO and the Transformational CIO https://avoa.com/2017/01/04/the-difference-between-the-traditional-cio-and-the-transformational-cio/?utm_content=buffer8ef2a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Over the past several years, the role of the Chief Information Office (CIO) has changed. If you are a CIO, do you know which type you most closely...

02/02/2017

Canada was a bright spot for tech investment in 2016
http://www.itbusiness.ca/news/canada-a-bright-spot-for-tech-investment-in-2016/86459

Canada wrapped up 2016 on a high note terms of investment in venture capital-backed companies, according to a recent report, bucking the

02/01/2017

Top 10 Tech Skills needed for 2017
http://crosskorpa.com/the-top-10-tech-skills-needed-for-2017-computerworlds-forecast-2017-survey/

The unemployment rate for tech workers is about 2%, according to reports on recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "The IT labor...

01/31/2017

Silicon Valley is making plans to move foreign-born workers to Canada
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/31/in-silicon-valley-plotting-to-get-foreign-born-workers-to-vancouver/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

For many U.S. startups and their foreign-born employees, a kind of back-up plan may be starting to sound like a good idea right about now....

01/30/2017

Diversity Is Our Strength: Tech Leaders Unite
http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/so-un-american-it-pains-us-all-tech-leaders-unite-to-slam-trump-immigration-ban?__lsa=acba-6dd1

Canadian tech leaders joined Silicon valley’s protest, calling on Ottawa to offer temporary visas to anyone unable to enter the U.S. because of...

01/25/2017

http://globalnews.ca/news/3204040/ottawa-sees-artificial-intelligence-as-doorway-to-spur-growth-in-canadas-high-tech-sector/

The federal Liberals are expected to use the upcoming federal budget to foster the development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence in the hope...

01/20/2017

Top 10 Strategic CIO priorities for 2017
http://www.forbes.com/sites/oracle/2017/01/17/top-10-strategic-cio-priorities-of-2017/

In 2017, the challenge before every CIO is how to free up money and people for new mobile, data analytics, AI, and other modern digital initiatives.