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Shopify | January 29, 2020

Ottawa-based tech firm Shopify has announced it is opening its first permanent office in Vancouver and set to hire 1,000 workers later this year. The new office will focus on research and software development, with the company planning to hire backend developers, data engineers, mobile developers, web developers, product designers and product managers. Last year, Shopify’s share of R&D expenditure across Canada’s professional, scientific and technical services sector was nine per...

HR ANALYTICS

Nokia | May 17, 2022

Nokia has selected Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM) to consolidate and replace its Human Resources systems in the cloud as part of its global digitalization program. Nokia will use a worldwide deployment of Oracle Cloud HCM to manage all HR processes, including recruitment, compensation, and performance management, for the company's global workforce in its 130 countries of operation. In 2021, Nokia launched its 'One Nokia Digital' strategy to support ...

HR STRATEGY

Mineral | December 09, 2021

Mineral, the HR and compliance leader for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and Bright HealthCare, the health benefits division of Bright Health Group, Inc., announced a partnership to drive organizational and employee health at businesses across the country. Starting in 2022, Bright HealthCare's employer customers will receive access to Mineral's HR and compliance tools, as well as Mineral Experts, as a part of their health plans. "Our focus at B...

Human Resources Online | January 14, 2020

Have you ever wondered if your personality were the right fit for a job, or if a candidate’s matched the job requirements? Understanding how personality is linked to a job role could help match the right person to an occupation, recent research has shown. As part of the study, titled Social media-predicted personality traits and values can help match people to their ideal jobs, a team of researchers looked at over 128,000 Twitter users of representing over 3,500 occupations, to establish t...