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August 6, 2018

In the News

CANADA’S RETAIL SECTOR FALLING BEHIND IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

By Karen Graham New research from IDC Canada finds that Canadian executives need to embrace digital transformation and risk-taking to remain globally competitive, and the rate of adoption varies widely when it comes to major tech trends. Toronto-based IDC Canada is a provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC Canada found …

August 5, 2018

Thoughts

TECH JOB MARKET BOOMING IN TORONTO

By BECKY RAMPHAL With more than 28,900 technology-related jobs created in 2017 alone, Toronto has been crowned North America’s biggest job market within the tech world surpassing hot-spots such as San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C. From a report released July 25, 2018 by the CBRE Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate company, over the past five years the Toronto …

November 22, 2016

Thoughts

Formulas work on numbers — not people

Formulas bring us a certain type of comfort, a surprise-less sense of certainty. But the reality is that formulas like 2+2 = 4 work on numbers, but not on people. The recruitment industry just somehow hasn’t caught up to it yet. “It’s a numbers game” ….No. It isn’t. Here at Sage, our entire team of recruiters has worked for various recruitment …

June 20, 2016

Thoughts

Persistence Pays Off

From a young age, I always wanted to be a teacher. It was what I was comfortable with, I had the experience and the education, but it didn’t pan out due to lack of openings and budget cuts. I’m sure that I’m not the only person who has found herself in an unexpected field; it happens all the time. When …