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How To Approach The Weakness Question In A Job Interview

When it comes to job interview questions, the classic “What are your greatest strengths?” is a softball. It’s an invitation to shine a spotlight on all the skills and experiences that make you a good fit for the job. The...

Temporary Employment: 5 Things You Have To Consider Before You Said No

As we are interviewing hundreds of candidates every month, we have noticed that most of them have something in common. They are terribly afraid of temporary employment and short-term contracts. On this blog, we are going to give you five...

A Guide For Email Practices At Workplace

Email is your corporate image… Having policies on the topic is just as important as customer service policies. Email training could include a review of what is proprietary, what is confidential, what is inappropriate content such as racism or harassment...

Women In Technology: Exploring diversity in Canadian engineering

Irene Sterian is the technology business partner at Toronto-based contract electronic manufacturer Celestica Inc., where she manages a global team of senior engineers to provide customer solutions in the areas of electronics technology for healthcare, industrial, aerospace, defense, enterprise, telecommunication,...

Hire People & Not Resumes

If you speak with any of us at Live Assets | IT Staffing Solutions, you might notice that we do things a little differently than many of the other search firms out there. In fact, if you were to talk to a Live Assets...

5 innovations that can help provide a safer return to the office

Many of the some five-million Canadians who have been working remotely since the start of the pandemic might never have to commute, put on a suit or take an elevator to sit at their desk again. Which will satisfy some...

Coronavirus: PM Justin Trudeau Announced The Extensions of CERB by 8 Weeks

The Federal Government announced earlier this week that Canada Emergency Response Benefit will be extended by 8 weeks. Find out everything you need to know about the CERB: Am I Eligible For CERB? How To Prepare Your Application For The...

A Guide on – How to Hire Remote Workers, Remotely

What does hiring look like when many companies are moving their staff off-site to comply with shelter-in-place orders? Are there different criteria to look for in remote workers as opposed to those who are on-site? And how can managers welcome...

What’s the best remote work strategy?

I’ve had the joy of working in one of Canada’s best offices, a space that’s served as a launchpad for scientific discovery, as well as some of the country’s greatest entrepreneurial success stories. On any given day, you could have a conversation...