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More IT security teams meeting business, maturity goals (study)

Security teams may finally understand how to forge strong defences against online attacks, a new report suggests. In its fifth annual State of Security Operations Report, which studies the efforts of 144 security operations centres in organizations across 33 countries, Micro Focus concluded...

Is it time for HR to get more “tech-y,” finally !?

Technology has enhanced our everyday lives, both at home and at work. While it seems like there’s a new tech fad every week, many technologies are here to stay. HR professionals who embrace technology and adopt a tech-forward approach to...

What Does It Mean To Live Our Entire Lives Under Digital Surveillance?

We live in a world in which our every word and action is recorded and preserved for perpetuity by myriad companies across the globe. Whether we post a video sharing our day with the world or whether some random stranger...

Rating themselves, more infosec professionals think their security posture is improving

Students hate being graded. Wouldn’t life be easier, many wonder, if we could grade ourselves? Infosec pros from around the world have been given that chance by Domain Tools, who today released their second annual self-assessed cyber security report card. Assuming there’s...

LinkedIn’s top Canadian tech startups of 2018

The list of Canada’s most sought-after startups in 2018 is out, and it’s no surprise that technology is leading the pack, according to a new LinkedIn report. Each of the top five startups on the list is tech related, and...

Smart cities and opportunities we shouldn’t miss

One of the world’s greatest IT opportunities is staring us in the face. But will Canadian talent and Canadian technology be there to win advantages in what will be a multi-trillion-dollar market? This is a big reason why the Waterfront...

One of the ultimate paradoxes of the hiring process

When I was finishing grad school in May 2014 and started going on a bunch of interviews with companies of about 250 employees all the way up to places like Microsoft, Nestle, and 3M, I started following a specific bouncing...

“Where will you be in five years?” question is gone

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A brief examination of candidate and employer “ghosting”

Seems like “ghosting” has been a hot topic of late in recruiting circles, so it felt wise to cover it, albeit briefly. Most discussions of ghosting seem to focus on exclusively one side of the dance, i.e. the recruiter...