Talent Recruitment

Resources for Scouting and Recruiting Top Talent

Business owners know success starts with the right people. Richmond Hill is home to a rich source of talent. To access local talent and those across the GTA, we have compiled a list of resources to help you with your search.

Employing new graduates is a great way to fill entry-level positions, internships, part time vacancies, or even find seasoned employees who have returned to school to upgrade skills or obtain another degree or diploma. Look to our local Universities and Colleges to connect with some of the brightest in the country!

Centennial College

T: 416-289-5233

careerservices@centennialcollege.ca

Durham College

Oshawa campus - Student Services building, SSB 212, T: 905-721-3034

Whitby campus - Room 103A, T: 905-721-2000, ext. 4141

careerservices@durhamcollege.ca

internship@durhamcollege.ca

George Brown College
St. James Campus, T: 416-415-5000, ext. 3818

Email: sjcareercentre@georgebrown.ca

Casa Loma Campus, T: 416-415-5000, ext. 4100

Email: clcareercentre@georgebrown.ca

Waterfront Campus, T: 416-415-5000, ext. 5301

Email: wfcareercentre@georgebrown.ca

Humber College

T: 416-675-5030

Employer Portal: Humber-CSM.Symplicity.com

Email: careeradvancement@humber.ca

McMaster University

Faith Uyinmwen, Career Development and Relationship Manager

uyinmwef@mcmaster.ca

T: 905-525-9140, ext. 23161

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Funnell Campus, Room J137, T: 905-575-2167/1-888-546-2667

Stoney Creek Campus, Room A121, T: 905-575-2537

Institute for Applied Health and Sciences at McMaster, Room 122

T: 905-540-4247, ext. 26710

careerready@mohawkcollege.ca

OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design)

Derek Liddington, MFA, Coordinator, Career Development

Email: dliddington@ocadu.ca

T: 416-977-6000, ext. 4020

Ryerson University

Email: Career@ryerson.ca

Ian Ingles, Manager Employment Services, T: 416-979-5000, ext. 6620, iingeles@ryerson.ca

Griffith D'Souza, Employment Services Assistant, T: 416-979-5000, ext. 7387, g4dsouza@ryerson.ca

Seneca College

Connecting career-ready students and graduates with employers senecacollege.ca/senecaworks

King Campus, Grace Cuff, T: 416-491-5050, ext. 55007 Grace.Cuff@senecacollege.ca

Markham Campus and Newnham Campus, Chris Magos

T: 416-491-5050, ext. 77193, Chris.Magos@senecacollege.ca

Seneca @ York Campus, Mary Saith, T: 416-491-5050, ext. 33124, Mary.Saith@senecacollege.ca

Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Kerri Zanatta-Buehler, Employment Development Specialist

kerri.zanatta-buehler@sheridanc.on.ca

T: 905-845-9430, ext. 2706

University of Ontario Institute of Technology / Ontario Tech University

Monica Aggarwal, Manager, Career Centre

905-721-8668, ext. 6580 U5 18

Monica.aggarwal@uoit.ca or careercentre@uoit.ca

Employer job posting: Information for employers

University of Toronto

Koffler Student Services Centre (NW corner, College and St. George)

214 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 2Z9

careercentre@mail.careers.utoronto.ca

T: 416-978-8000

F: 416-946-0590

Employer Recruitment and Engagement Team

employerquestions@careers.utoronto.ca

University of Waterloo

WaterlooWorks

John Mitri, CHRP, RPR

Business Developer, GTA East

Co-operative Education, University of Waterloo

john.mitri@uwaterloo.ca

T: 289-338-1523

Hire Waterloo

T: 1-877-928-4473

Email: hire.talent@uwaterloo.ca

uwaterloo.ca/hire/sme

York University

4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

T: 416-736-5351

F: 416-736-5684

Email: career@yorku.ca

Looking for top talent?

These local employment offices and staffing agencies can put you in touch with the right candidates.

Local Employment Offices

Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Call 1-800-387-5514, the Employment Ontario hotline for more information on locating an Employment Ontario Assessment Centre in your community.

http://www.ontario.ca/employmentontario

Richmond Hill Bayview Avenue YMCA Centre

10610 Bayview Avenue, Unit 12

T: 905-780-9622

memberservices@ymcagta.org

VPI Inc.

1 West Pearce, Unit 405

T: 905-882-9561

http://www.vpi-inc.com/employers2/employers.php

(no cost human resource and staffing services)

Thornhill Employment Hub

8199 Yonge Street, Unit 101B, Thornhill

T: 905-707-7332

info@thornhillhub.com

Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council

603-250 Dundas Street West, Toronto

T: 416-944-1946

Akash Mahajan, Workplace Business Development Manager

AMahajan@triec.ca

T: 416-944-1946, ext. 358

Richmond Hill Private Staffing Companies

Apple One Richmond Hill 905-787-9911, richmondhill@mail.all-in-1.com

Adecco 905-695-0202, debbie.durand@adecco.com

Express Employment Professionals 905-597-0620, Jobs.RichmondHillON@ExpressPros.com

Grant Martin 905-709-3201, info@grantmartin(auto sector)

SKAILIT 416-962-2600, welcome@skailit.com

Staffing Services 905-737-1600, jobs@staffingsrvs.com

3T Staffing 905-770-6935, brian@3tstaffing.com

Executive Staffing Firms

Amrop Rosin 647-313-6301, canada@amroprosin.com

Bedford Consulting Group 416-963-9000, search@bedfordgroup.com

Caldwell Partners 416-920-7702, leaders@caldwellpartners.com

Davies Park 416-238-5622, ext. 201, toronto@daviespark.com

Heidrick & Struggles 416-361-4700, fill out online contact form

McCracken Executive Search 416-363-8900, info@mccrackensearch.com

Odgers Berndtson 416-366-1900, toronto@odgersberndtson.ca

Russell Reynolds 416-364-3355, Patrick.David@russellreynolds.com

Sartor & Associates 416-464-6856, larry@sartorandassociates.com

Spencer Stuart 416-361-0311, jkoopman@spencerstuart.com

Stanton Chase 410-528-8400, m.matthews@stantonchase.com

IT Staffing Agencies

DirectIT Recruiting 416-316-3333, darla.somerville@directrecruiting.com

emergiTEL 905-747-3300, hr@emergiTEL.com

NPower Canada 416-528-2659, andrew.reddin@npowercanada.ca

Onico Solutions 416-657-4464, craig@onicosolutions.com

TekStaff 416-483-1099, sandra@tekstaff.com

Wysdom Consulting 647-884-6664, info@wysdomconsulting.com

Making connections is paramount to a successful recruitment strategy. Local support exists for all types of employees and employers.

Below find links to support centres, government hiring incentives, professional and business associations to help you get started!

Sample of Canadian and Provincial Government Hiring Incentives

Apprenticeship Job Creation Tax Credit

Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit

Canada Summer Jobs

Career Focus Programs

Connect Canada Internship

IRAP Accelerated Review Process (ARP)

IRAP Business Innovation Access Program (BIAP)

IRAP Youth Employment Program (YEP)

Mitacs: Accelerate

NSERC Engage

NSERC Collaborative Research and Development

Ontario Exporters Fund (OEF)

Technation - Career Ready Program

Youth Employment Fund

Yves Laundry AIME Global Initiative (for Southern Ontario)

Select List of Professional Associations

Seek out National Industry Associations or associations in your line of work that may be able to provide some assistance with posting jobs or finding candidates.

Local Chambers/Business Associations

Richmond Hill Board of Trade www.rhbot.ca

Markham Richmond Hill Vaughan Chinese Business Association www.mrvcba.ca

TechConnex for those in the technology industry www.techconnex.ca

Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) www.lifesciencesontario.ca

Toronto Financial Services Alliance (TFSA) www.tfsa.ca

The sky is the limit when it comes to finding talent online! Did you know more than 535 million users combined are on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Here are a few ways to connect with this often untapped talent pool:

Social Media

Social media is an effective (and FREE!) tool for both employers and employees. In addition to other recruitment efforts, don't forget to make your job opportunity prominent on social media and start connecting to potential employees in real time.

Company Website

If you don't have one already, set up a "Careers" page on your company website and make sure it is kept up-to-date. Assign someone on your team to make sure new postings are added as soon as a position becomes available and remove any expired positions after the role has been filled. Make sure to highlight why your company is a great place to work.

Posting a Job on LinkedIn

Each company should start by setting up a company page. It is free to do and can be done online. Then, depending on your hiring needs, you can either pay to post positions online (this is a good option if you need to hire fewer than 5 positions this year) or you could contact a sales rep to learn about customized solutions if you'll be filling more than 5 positions/year.

https://www.linkedin.com/mjobs/jobPosting/learnMore?trk=flagship3_job_home

Any questions? Contact LinkedIn at talent.linkedin.com, call 1-855-655-5653 or use the web chat function on their website.

Posting a job on popular job boards like Canada Job Bank, Monster, Workopolis or Canada Jobs or Jobs.ca are great tools to garner exposure in an area where a pool of applicants is vast and ever-changing. If you want to target a particular sector, look to specialized job search sites who aim to connect employers with talent in a specific industry.

Vertical Job boards
(job seekers can search multiple job boards simultaneously)

General Job Boards

Jobs in Engineering

Jobs in Retail

Academic jobs in Business Schools

Jobs in the Nonprofit Sector

Jobs in Environment/Green Sector

  • WorkCabin - wide variety of positions including coordinators, program managers, journalists, directors, engineers, biologists, educators and social marketers.
  • Good Work Canada - (includes professional networking events)
  • Eco.ca - website from the Environmental Careers Organization
  • Greenwork.ca - focuses on helping people build their dream jobs in the growing Canadian green economy. Users can find links to job search strategies, listings for green jobs and subscribe for email notification about new jobs when they are listed.

Jobs in the Sports Sector

  • Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC) - a Canadian not-for-profit amateur sport organization, which amongst other useful information, also provides a listing of jobs in a sport related field
  • TeamWork Online -- a North America wide service, who describes themselves as offering "the most advanced and integrated suite of recruiting tools and industry networks", including most large sport franchises such as the NHL

Jobs in Culture and Arts

Jobs in Journalism and Writing

Jobs in Marketing

Jobs in Information Technology (IT)

Jobs in Education/Teaching

Jobs in Law

Jobs in Construction

General Labour Employment Agencies and Job Boards

Other Industry Specific Job Sites

York Region, in collaboration with Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) is proud to introduce the York Region Talent Toolkit, a resource designed for manufacturers in key local industry sectors to provide strategic solutions for talent attraction and retention.

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