Amazon has 3,178 employees in Canada. That’s 22% more than Shopify, Canada’s pride and joy, employs at home. Of these Canadian employees, Amazon employs over 2.5 times as many Software…
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Great Place to Work Canada recently released their 2018 list of – you guessed it – the best places to work in Canada. As an employer, it’s nice to add…
Everyone has a preferred recruitment process. Some start with a phone-call, a technical test or personality quiz. Others prefer to do interviews that involve a panel or one-on-ones. There are…
Image from the cover of The Economist, March 2017, Print Edition In March 2017, The Economist featured the image above on its cover with the words, “Amazon’s empire, and what…
There is no proven positive correlation between athleticism and performance in the workplace. There are however, plenty of traits common amongst athletes that certainly would prove beneficial in a work…
Technology allows us to rely heavily on algorithms to simplify many tasks. Math frequently outperforms human thinking by ignoring emotion and delivering rational decisions. In many cases, we’re thankful for…
Conducting a reference check is analogous to reading reviews on a product before making a big purchase. Both rely on the opinions of total strangers, and both serve to confirm…
Most people know that you aren’t supposed to go food-shopping when you’re hungry. If your stomach is growling, you’re prone to making bad decisions. By the time you reach the…
The shortage of women in technology has received a lot of attention lately. I don’t necessarily agree that it’s a problem that there are fewer women than men in technology. I…
Bigger Isn’t Always Better Last week, I used the analogy of David and Goliath to compare Shopify, a Canadian company helping small eCommerce retailers make their mark, with Amazon, the…