MindField Group

Engage & Employ: MindField Group’s Employment Branding Case Study

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 [...]

Text-to-Apply: MindField Group’s Latest Recruitment Innovation

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 [...]

Retail Jobs Most Competitive in Canada: 7 Steps to Stand Out

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 [...]

Barb Agostini Joins MindField Group As Talent Strategy Consultant

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 [...]

MindField Group Launches New Website with Expanded Recruitment Service Offerings

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 [...]

Longo’s Maple Leaf Square Location Opens with a Customer Focused Team with the Help of MindField Group

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.

Upcoming Retail Webinar: “Sourcing & Pipelining Candidates for Peak Hiring Seasons”

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 [...]

MindField Group Now Offers Retail Recruitment Solution in French

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 [...]

MindField Group presents TWO Retail Recruitment Webinars in July!

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 [...]

Recruitment Innovation What!? Foursquare for Retail Recruitment…Just Maybe

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 [...]