We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how to get visa’s for Canadians wanting to work in the United States. But recently I have had a few clients here in Canada ask:
do you need a visa for an American coming to work here?
And the quick answer is: Yes*! For years it was always [...]
Entries from October 2009 ↓
work permit for Canada?
October 29th, 2009 — general & admin
reference checks
October 27th, 2009 — general & admin
Clearly I’m in an “HR” kinda way these days. So, in order to round out our series on the recruiting process, prescreen interview questions, and online skills assessment I’ll also throw in reference checks.
Reference checking is extremely important - although I’ve always cheekily thought: who would actually provide a reference that wasn’t going to provide [...]
skills assessments - online?
October 22nd, 2009 — general & admin
In my last post I mentioned the typical steps in the recruiting/selection process of new hires. One of the steps was to perform a skills assessment, if applicable. In an interview many candidates can really talk the talk but can they walk the walk? I’m mean, if you are interviewing for rock star code cutters, [...]
prescreen interview questions?
October 20th, 2009 — general & admin
As I mentioned before there has been an uptick in sales at a lot of my clients which triggered a release of the tight grip on expenses. As such, some open headcount positions that were previously on hold are being actively recruited for and, of course, given that everyone is looking for work we are being inundated [...]
