Episode 5: Leadership Interview with Lou Clements.  Lou is the Managing Director of Clements United Inc.  Lou has focused on executive career management for the past 20 years.

Episode 4: Leadership Interview with Olga Giovanniello.  Olga is the Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President with Sienna Senior Living.

Episode 3: Leadership Interview with Kulvir Singh Gill.  Kulvir is a Senior Strategist with Clareo and a Director on several corporate and not-for-profit Boards.

Episode 2: Leadership Interview with Phil Gillin.  Phil is the former EVP & Portfolio Manager for Bentall Kennedy (Canada) Limited Partnership and Sun Life Investment Management.

Episode 1: Leadership Interview with Preet Dhindsa.  Preet is the EVP & CFO for ENMAX Corporation.

Wondering how to create Annual Goals that translate into career advancement? It’s that time of year when we consider Goal Setting and what we want to accomplish each year.  Having spent most of my career leading Human Resources teams, I am often asked a lot of questions about how to effectively set and achieve annual…

Coming into the pandemic, I thought this would last a few weeks maybe a couple months at the most.  Although new business slowed down for us significantly in March, April and May, we had enough projects open to keep us busy through this time.  As those projects came to a close and the pandemic still…

This has been a difficult and uncertain time for all businesses and their people. First and foremost, our concern is for the safety and health of our employees and their families, as well as for that of our clients and partners.  We celebrate the remarkable examples of community support, selfless volunteerism and companies that are…

Working with a recruiter can be a vastly different experience depending on your approach to the process. Most recruiters work on behalf of the hiring company (e.g. the one paying the recruiter’s fee) but that doesn’t mean that candidates aren’t our priority. Presenting great candidates to our client is how we succeed. The following is…

I read somewhere that only 10 to 15% of vacant positions in the market go to a formal search with a recruiter.  Most of the open roles are either publicly posted or companies are recruiting for directly.  Many of the searches that we work on are either very difficult to fill, are confidential in nature…

My parents (mostly my mom) put a huge emphasis on school.  Although neither of them graduated from post-secondary, they both regarded school as the ticket to a better life.  Instead of going out with friends or participating in extracurricular activities, they wanted me (and my siblings) to study, study and then study some more.  They…

After 17 years of working in traditional, more corporate environments, I decided to start my own business.  I was excited to finally be my own boss, but I was also scared of what I didn’t know.  The journey the past 3 years has been filled with a lot of “ups” and a few “downs”.  Even…

I have been in the recruitment business for 18 years and technology has made our jobs a lot easier, if not more impersonal.  When I started in the business, I relied mainly on the telephone and did not have LinkedIn or other social media sites that I could utilize.  Today, a lot of information is…

As a recruiter, I meet a lot of people.  I meet with clients, potential clients, candidates and those looking for advice on their career.  Other than the last group, it is typically me who is reaching out to these different individuals asking for their time.  Many times, my call or email is ignored – not…

The recruitment industry has changed dramatically with the advances in technology.  When I started in recruitment in 2000, there was no social media, no LinkedIn and company websites were sparse with information.  I spent many days cold calling into companies to determine who did what.  I would input the information I gathered into our candidate…

When I got into recruiting in 2000, I thought I would do it for a couple years and then get a real job. I went to school for business and always aspired to do something in finance. Although I don’t use much of what I learned from all the finance and accounting courses I took in school,…

As an executive recruiter, there are many reasons why I have remained in the business for over 17 years. I have enjoyed the variety and senior level contact that my job provides, the work I have done across Canada and internationally, and the satisfaction I have received from placing executives with clients who have progressed on…

Throughout my 17-year career as an executive recruiter, I have been asked by clients and candidates how does the process actually work? I’m sure the process differs between recruiters who work on a contingency versus a retained basis. The following is my advice on how to work with a recruiter that is retained (by the hiring company).…

For those who know me, know that I don’t like to settle and be comfortable. I like change, I like to be challenged and I look for ways to do more. Growing up, I was the eldest child (of three) to immigrant parents. My dad spent 40 years driving a taxi and my mom worked for over…