4 Recruitment Resolutions for 2018
If the promise of a fresh new year has left you feeling eager to improve, even small changes to your recruiting strategy have the potential […]
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The Most In-Demand Engineering Jobs in Canada
If you’re an engineer, your career prospects are probably pretty enviable. Many industries already need your knowledge, and salaries start relatively high. However, demand for […]
Working out the “Why?” – Stewardship Council Update
Remember when you’d get to school after a night of doing homework, and the teacher says it’s time to take it up? Well, that’s what […]
Partner with a Recruitment Agency to Fill Mechanical Engineering Jobs
You may be in for a long search if you need to hire a mechanical engineer. The field is broad, but hiring managers usually want […]
How the Role of the Chief HR Officer Is Changing
For the last 100 years, the role of the human resources department has been fairly static, but HR is now entering a new era—and there are many […]
5 Disruptive Technologies Impacting Business Today
New technologies have always had an impact on businesses. When the internet first came onto the scene, it had a major effect. Businesses were suddenly […]
What Are the Benefits of Partnering with Engineering Recruiters?
It takes a lot of work to recruit the right engineers. In general, technical projects require highly qualified workers who specialize in the right fields. […]
5 Necessary Skills to Pursue a Civil Engineering Career
The idea of a “born engineer” is a myth. Some people can master the profession’s necessary skills naturally, but that doesn’t mean others can’t hone […]
5 Careers in Engineering That Might Be Right for You
Many see careers in engineering as a surefire way to lead a comfortable, prosperous life. These workers benefit from great starting pay and high wages […]
Q&A With Benevity Team Captain Lisa Wong
If you are new to volunteering or looking to get started, what better way than to talk to fellow employees about their volunteering experiences … […]
How to Fill Electrical Engineering Jobs
Electrical engineers are a hot commodity. There’s no shortage of work for these professionals, since many different industries require staff who can understand and design […]
3 Things You Didn’t Know about Engineering Recruitment Agencies
A prolonged hiring process doesn’t benefit anyone. Candidates have to walk on eggshells waiting for your call, and many will take other jobs if they […]
5 Tips to Advance Your Civil Engineering Career
As a civil engineer, it’s not easy for you to nail down a career path. The industry is broader than its counterparts are, so you […]
Wish You Could Hire Engineers?
Do you want to hire a skilled, diligent engineer? Good luck. Your search will likely require a great deal of time and resources. After all, […]
How Hiring Managers Can Become Better at Hiring
To hire the very best employees, you want to make sure your hiring process is top notch, but doing so can be really difficult. There […]
Looking to Hire Engineers? Here’s What You Need to Know
Engineers are always in steady demand, and engineering programs remain some of the most popular university programs in Canada. Every year, new engineers with tremendous […]
What’s the Best Day of the Week to Post a Job Ad?
Job ads are an integral part of the hiring process, and an exciting first step in the task of finding employees that will enrich your […]
How to Tell Who The Best Job Candidate Is
Hiring can be tricky, especially when you are met with numerous candidates who all have great potential, and who have individual strengths that could be […]
5 Recommended Onboarding Tips
Onboarding is a crucial part of bringing a new hire into the fold. It’s the process by which the new employee is inducted into the […]
The Art of Hope: Ian Martin & Vixens Victorious
Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. – Martin Luther King, Jr.
7 Interview Best Practices
Interviewing potential candidates can be a stressful and intimidating experience. Not only does it require interacting with and assessing strangers, but it’s a huge responsibility. […]
4 Simple Tips to Take Your Project Staffing to the Next Level
Project staffing can be an especially tricky balancing act. You want to have enough people to do the job right, but you also can’t afford […]
Stop Stealing Your Own People! How to Outsource an Entire Project
Hiring individual contractors is common in today’s engineering industries. Often, you need workers who can complete specialized tasks, but what happens when you have an […]
Hiring Managers Should Know the Difference between Engineering Degrees
As a non-technical person, it can at times be difficult for hiring managers to understand the differences between various engineering degrees. This information, however, can be […]
Measuring Our Impact
After recently wrapping up our fiscal year we stopped to take a look back at all we had accomplished and wow, we couldn’t be more proud […]
Building Culture with Contractors
We certainly talk about company “culture” a lot, but how do you define it? If you have contractors on your team, how do you develop […]
Hat Trick for IMG with Best Workplaces Award 2015
The Ian Martin Group is proud to announce that for the third year in a row, we’ve been named one of the Top 50 Best […]
Contract staffing – where do I begin?
Contract staffing, consulting, freelancing … once you’ve determined what to call it, how do you begin with contract staffing?
Why should I use contract staff?
From lawyers and business people to writers, designers and yoga instructors – it seems that in today’s “part-time economy”, nearly everyone has branded themselves as […]
Cyber warfare and approaches to IT security
Last month, two social media accounts for the U.S. Central Command were hacked. Hostile messages and videos were uploaded onto their Twitter and YouTube accounts […]
Wanted: Engineers who can think
It seems that almost monthly we hear about the shortage of technical talent or the difficulties in recruiting engineering or information technology professionals. How can […]
Put your best foot forward to attract top talent – part two
Given that software engineers are currently in such high demand, recruiting departments eager to onboard top talent need to step up their game. Their situation […]
Put your best foot forward to attract top talent – part one
Software engineers are currently some of the most in- demand professionals, with stiff competition to secure top coding talent. How can you make sure your […]
Why immigrant engineers aren’t finding jobs
“Asymmetries and misalignments.”
Building a killer data science team
Big Data is the next Big Thing – but before throwing fistfuls of money at big data initiatives, organizations need to make some decisions: Why […]
Will certifications get me a job – or do they matter?
Whether you’re new to the industry, or switching careers (or specialities) – there are a dizzying number of acronyms: MCSD, SCJD. RHCE, ACSA. If there is a prominent technology, […]
These 15 technologies are changing how developers work
Once upon a time, a developer wrote code on one machine. The software loaded the data from memory, and spit out back a result. Those […]
How you can build a solid engineering culture
Companies with strong cultures enjoy a wide array of benefits, from more productive and engaged employees to higher customer satisfaction rates and reduced workforce churn. […]
More women entering engineering, but even more leaving
There’s good news, and there’s bad news. First the good: more women are entering engineering – over the last two decades, women accounted for over […]
Gender gap in the C-suite is a reality; look to supply chain to deliver change
While a new CEO might ordinarily warrant a press release, Mary Barra’s rise from supply chain professional to chief executive of General Motors made the […]
10 Big Coding Mistakes Wrecking Your Project
We admit there are certainly more mistakes out there (agree or disagree?) but this list from InfoWorld highlights ten big coding practices that are keeping […]
The Invisible Industry Looking for 1.4 Million New Workers
You order a package from Amazon, and it arrives on your doorstep a few days later. While your local courier company might deserve some of […]
How David Can Beat Goliath in the War for Talent
Hirefly launches during Canadian Small Business Week as the first comprehensive shortlisting service designed to help small and medium sized organizations improve their hiring practices […]
Giving Back with our Time: Ian Martin Volunteering Program
Promoting and providing employees with meaningful volunteer opportunities helps to attract top talent; engage, develop, and retain employees; boost public image; and improve the bottom […]
Engineers Without Borders: Exploring Stewardship Partners
There are a significant number of opportunities to partner with organizations that align with Ian Martin’s foundational goals for Stewardship – here’s a look at […]
Best of Staffing Two Years in a Row!
Ian Martin Group is proud to announce today that for the second year in a row, both Ian Martin Group and 500 Staffing have been […]
3 Reasons Why You Should Become an Engineer
There’s likely more than three good reasons to become an engineer – however, this advice aimed at those young in their careers highlights a few […]
Solving a problem? Think like an engineer
While talking about “analogies” may remind you of your grade school English class, it's the ability to make analogies which often gives engineers the ability […]
Thank You for B-ing the Change
You could work with any staffing and recruiting company. Thank you for looking at the company behind the services and choosing us. Together, we are […]
7 Ways We’ve Gotten People on Board
For the last two years the Ian Martin Group has been on a mission to re-energize the company.
Beyond the Resume: A Case Study
Turnover hurts. It’s that simple. There are many direct and indirect costs for all concerned when a new hire doesn’t work out as planned. The […]
Sharing the Insomnia: Starting to think like owners at IMG
Many employees, including myself, weren’t sure what to expect when Tim and John came to town with the “Ownership Thinking” roadshow. A full day conference […]
The Offer was Declined, Why?
Terry is a friend and CEO of a $100M company. He told me a story recently of his excitement and anticipation about an offer he […]
The Business of (Better) Business
Last week, a small group of IMG employees attended a grassroots brainstorm hosted by Hypnotic and B Lab to discuss how businesses can do…well… […]
