LRO Staffing Blog

Resume Tips

Overcoming A History of Gaps & Job Hopping On Your Resume

Looking for a new position can be stressful for anyone, but knowing there are potential red flags on your resume can add extra layers of anxiety no matter how well suited you think you are for the role. Whether it’s conspicuous gaps in your work history or a long list…

Tayo OlafimihanMarch 4, 2019

Employee Management Hiring

12 Keys to Smooth Employee Onboarding

When considering the topic of employee onboarding, one of the first things to remember is that no matter the size of your organization, investing time and attention into a proper onboarding process is essential. As the old model of lifelong employment continues to unravel and evolve, it’s no longer good…

Julia RobertsFebruary 15, 2019

Hiring Recruiting

Why Job Seekers Avoid Recruiters

I know this is going to sound pretty rich. A recruiter explaining why job seekers seem to dislike recruiters. It’s not that we don’t know what’s being said out there. We’ve heard it all, and we understand where it comes from. We even realize there are going to be individuals…

Peter HeuthorstJanuary 30, 2019

Employee Management Hiring

Employee Retention – Top Reasons Employees Want to Stay or Leave

You’ve put all sorts of effort into attracting the right talent for your organization. You’ve sought out the best and negotiated fair contracts for their hire. Now, how do you keep them from jumping ship in the months immediately following their hire? The days of the golden-watch-retirement, having spent an…

LRO StaffingJanuary 15, 2019

Interview Tips Salaries

The Top Salary Negotiation Mistakes to Avoid

When you’re in the final stages of landing a new job, everyone you talk to is going to provide you with heaps of unsolicited advice on how to make sure you end up with the best possible salary. You will likely notice that this advice can range wildly, often be…

LRO StaffingJanuary 4, 2019

Hiring Ottawa Technology

Hiring the Best Tech Talent in a Limited Market (Like Ottawa)

Hiring tech talent can be a challenge. The internet is abuzz with all sorts of ways to go about finding the right person with the right skills to complete your team. However, no matter how much you learn there are always going to be a lot of subtleties to wrap…

LRO StaffingDecember 17, 2018

Job Market Ottawa Salary Guide Technology

Ottawa Technology Salary Guide 2019

The technology sector we serve in the nation’s capital is just one of the business lines that LRO Staffing specializes in. As a result, we have a unique set of insights into what is happening in this dynamic field that continues to grow at a healthy pace. More and more…

LRO StaffingDecember 10, 2018

Ottawa

15 Reasons Working in Ottawa is Better than Anywhere Else in Canada

Canada is a delightful country, and aside from having a year-round tropical vacation province, we have pretty much everything else you could ever want. From sea to sea, we have the islands, the industry, the rocks and trees, the prairies, the Arctic, the mountains, some more islands, and all of…

Glenn McCarthyDecember 3, 2018

Interview Tips Ottawa

How to Effectively Answer “Why Should We Hire You?” – With Sample Answers

To a remarkable degree, it all comes down to one question. All that time spent on your CV. All the interviews and follow-ups. Everything you do to stand out from the crowd eventually boils down to this one question, and we’re here to help you effectively answer it. Why should…

LRO StaffingNovember 15, 2018

Hiring Ottawa

The Costs of Your Hiring Process Taking Too Long

It’s funny that in a world where absolutely everything seems to be speeding up, the hiring process in most organizations seems stuck in the mud. Or, at least, it would be funny if it didn’t cost so many organizations mass amounts of resources and almost more importantly huge opportunity costs…

LRO StaffingOctober 31, 2018