by Barb Agostini, Barb Agostini and Connie Chang in MindField News, Rethink Recruiting on September 28, 2011
Last month, MindField Group embarked on its very own employment branding project: a week-long endeavor to firmly define our EVP (employment value proposition) in order to attract, engage, and retain current, and future, employees. As our company continues to grow and add new talent, we know how important it is to communicate what makes MindField [...]
by Jeff Summers and Connie Chang in MindField News, Rethink Recruiting on August 24, 2011
Canadians are text messaging machines. How else would you explain the whopping 56.4 billion text messages sent in 2010 – a 60 percent increase over 2009, when – horror of horrors – only 35.3 billion messages were sent.* So how does this factor into the retail recruitment world? Well, imagine the following scenarios: An applicant [...]
by Barb Agostini in Rethink Recruiting on August 3, 2011
Canadian retailers continue to experience difficulty attracting and retaining talent. Not only are they competing with other retailers for candidates, but other industry sectors too; not to mention the new players entering into the Canadian retail marketplace. Just take a look at the following facts and you’ll realize just how competitive the retail talent pool [...]
by Connie Chang in MindField News on June 23, 2011
VANCOUVER, BC – June 21, 2011 – MindField GroupTM, Canada’s leading Recruitment Process Outsourcing service provider for the retail industry, is pleased to welcome Barb Agostini to the company as its new Talent Strategy Consultant. With over 15 years of experience in the recruitment communications and marketing field, Barb will bring her considerable experience to [...]
by Connie Chang in MindField News on March 2, 2011
VANCOUVER, BC – February 2, 2011 – MindField GroupTM, Canada’s leading Recruitment Process Outsourcing service provider for the retail industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its newly redesigned corporate website at www.mindfieldgroup.com. This new website strongly underscores the importance of social media in the company’s expanded recruitment service offerings and promotes customer-focus with [...]
by Sue Dobler in MindField News on December 8, 2010
MINDFIELD GROUP’S RETAIL RECRUITMENT SOLUTION FILLS FRONT-LINE VACANCIES FOR LONGO’S FLAGSHIP MAPLE LEAF SQUARE LOCATION
MindField Group is pleased to announce the addition of Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc. (Longo’s) to its growing roster of retail clients. Longo’s, an independent and unique grocery retailer, has recently expanded with a flagship location in the heart of Maple Leaf Square. The stakes were high; five years of work went into the design and construction of the 48,000 square foot flagship store in downtown Toronto. When it came to staffing this critical investment, Longo’s turned to MindField Group, experts in attracting front-line candidates.
by Sue Dobler in MindField News on September 9, 2010
“Sourcing & Pipelining Candidates for Peak Hiring Seasons” PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RETAIL COUNCIL OF CANADA Peak consumer seasons are critical times for retailers to increase their workforce. High volume sales times will often find organizations in a scramble for interested and qualified candidates, and competition for talent can be immense. A proactive sourcing and [...]
by Sue Dobler in MindField News on September 7, 2010
Parlez-Vous Francais? MindField Group Does! MINDFIELD GROUP IS PLEASED TO OFFER END-TO-END RETAIL RECRUITMENT SOLUTION IN FRENCH Vancouver, Canada (September 7th, 2010) – MindField Group, Canada’s fastest growing recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider, announced today that they will now be connecting French speaking employers and job seekers. The addition of new clients, including a large [...]
by Sue Dobler in MindField News on July 8, 2010
MindField Group is excited to present TWO webinars in July and invites you to join! The first webinar in the series : “Four Must-Have Retail Recruiting Strategies to Consistently Make Great Hires”, finds Cameron Laker, CEO of MindField Group, sharing four vital recruitment strategies retailers should employ to place them “front of mind” with today’s [...]
by Cameron Laker in Rethink Recruiting on June 22, 2010
Foursquare. Totally hooked, and no, I’m not a mayor anywhere, but I’m trying. To find a real Foursquare leader, check out Starbucks: they are all over this latest trend in mobile social networking platforms. A cross between a friend-finder and a social-city guide, it’s a mobile game that rewards you for doing interesting things. Retail [...]