Refer HR Has Been Named a 2022 Best of British Columbia Award Winner by UpCity!

We are proud to reveal that Refer HR has been recognized as a Best of British Columbia Award winner by UpCity! Awards are given based on the UpCity Recommendability Rating, developed to determine a B2B service provider’s credibility and trustworthiness.

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Best Tips for Hiring the Right Employee

Looking through thousands of resumes to find the one perfect employee is no one’s idea of fun! Today we’ll be talking about importance of hiring the right employee for your business, what kind of things you’ll need to consider when hiring in Canada and we’ll also give you some of the best tips for the hiring process.

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How You Should Use Refer HR

Hello there! Are you a job seeker wondering what the best website is to find a job? Are you a hiring manager thinking about hiring the perfect candidate? If you’ve been job searching or looking for some quality hiring and staffing solutions in Canada, or even looking for an easy side-hustle to earn money online, look no further than Refer HR. Today we’re going to talk about how you can use Refer HR to land your dream job or find your dream candidate and get paid for it!

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How to Negotiate Your Salary

Negotiating for a higher salary is something that we all need to do. It ensures that you get paid what you deserve for your qualifications and work experience. We know that asking for a higher salary can sometimes be an awkward topic to broach. But worry not, because today we’ll give you some uber useful tips on how to negotiate salary in an interview and after you get a job offer, as well as what to say when negotiating your salary.

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How to Write a Great Job Description

Finding the right candidate is vital to any organization’s success, and hiring the right talent starts with attracting the right talent. And what better way to attract amazing candidates than through a well-crafted job posting! The importance of a good job description cannot be stressed upon enough, and today we’re going to talk a little bit about how to write a job description — and just as importantly, what NOT to do when writing a job description.

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How to Improve Your Networking Skills

Whether you work for yourself or for someone else, if you’re not actively building your networking skills, you’re not growing your career. Making new and meaningful connections in today’s world can go a long way in growing your business. This is where the importance of networking comes in. Networking skills are as important as having good communication or social skills, and it adds value to both your personal and professional environments.

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How to Improve Your Job Search

Job searching sounds like the easiest, most simple thing to do doesn’t it? Especially with the multitude of options you have in browsing through millions of amazing opportunities out there and the ‘one-click-apply’ options, it should be a piece of cake to land that dream job, shouldn’t it? Let us give you a brief reality check though – the competition is fierce and hiring managers get maybe 10 seconds to glance at your resume! But what if we told you there’s a smarter and more efficient way to go about your job hunt? Let’s take a look!

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How to Hire Employees for a Start-up Company

There’s nothing like the feeling of owning your very own start-up company, and then watching it grow big enough for you to start hiring new employees! But how do you know who the right employee is for your company, and how do you go about hiring them? As your start-up company starts to grow beyond its founding team, hiring the right employee becomes crucial to the growth of your business. Every new hire becomes critical to the company culture and thus, it becomes extremely important to look at the hiring process in a very strategic and systematic way. However, there are also challenges associated with hiring new employees.

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How to Leverage your Network to Get a Job Referral

Getting a job takes hard work, perseverance, a stellar resume and thick skin when it comes to handling rejections gracefully. But what no one talks about is the power of job referrals and networking while job hunting. Building a strong professional network is vital when it comes to enhancing your career prospects. Why is networking important and how does it help you get a job through job referrals? And most of all, how do you leverage your network connections to ask for a job referral? We are here to answer all these questions while giving you some helpful tips on how to get a job by leveraging your network connections.

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How to Make Your Resume Stand Out

Landing that dream job can be a stressful process, especially with the tough competition existing in the current job market. But a good resume is a great way to set yourself apart. Writing a stellar resume is not the easiest thing to do, but we are here to give you the best resume tips of 2021 which will help you understand how to write a resume, and what are some resume mistakes to avoid. Hang tight, while we drop some knowledge!

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Why Job Referrals Are the Best Source for Quality Candidates

What do you look for when trying to find quality candidates? What are the various creative ways to source candidates when you’ve had a position that’s already been open for too long? Why are job referrals important and how does it help you as an employer? - These are just some of the questions that you as an employer are faced with on a daily basis. It can be pretty overwhelming to be bombarded with hiring advice 24/7.

We get it, the struggle is real!

But hear us out while we talk about why job referrals are important and how they help you hire quality candidates. Get ready for some handy ti...

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