Year after year, studies show that Canadians still struggle to disconnect from work during the holidays. And it’s going from bad to worse, according to a new survey conducted by the Accountemps recruitment firm. Gone are the days when the computer was shut down after having summarily programmed an out-of-office autoreply message. Today, with a […]
Start-ups (and even large banking institutions) are investing huge amounts to find ways to use IT to rethink financial services. Is the future for IT specialists to be found in FinTechs? The idea of replacing conventional financial consultants with robot-consultants (explainer: a computer algorithm that can manage a portfolio of shares corresponding to an investor […]
Despite the use of the cloud in our daily lives, businesses are more reluctant to adopt this technology which they judge to be unsafe for their data. This poor perception, however, seems to be fading, because more and more organizations are working in the “cloud”, according to a recent study. Centralization of information, large storage […]
It’s hard to ignore Big Data today – it’s the relentless trend of the world of business and organizations. All business areas are affected by it or will eventually be in the short to medium term. The accounting profession will not escape this profound disruption, while accountants and auditors will have to consider new ways […]
Facebook, Microsoft, Google and IBM: these multinationals have chosen to focus on Montreal and on its advances and research in new technologies. Artificial intelligence and big data are being increasingly used around the world. Tomorrow’s business leaders trained at HEC understand very well that these technologies are the way of the future. They have created […]
Canada’s workforce will be facing fundamental changes in the coming years. Business leaders and politicians need to prepare workers for these disruptions. The Intelligence Revolution: Future-proofing Canada’s workforce. This is the title of a report co-authored by Deloitte Canada and the HRPA (Human Resources Professionals Association). It urges business and political leaders to prepare workers […]
On the same principle as speed dating, recruiters meet candidates for a limited time. It’s a hiring tactic that is increasingly popular in Quebec, with some businesses organizing it regularly! To increase productivity, what could be better than a recruitment technique that works at great speed? By adopting the technique of speed dating – a […]
Although it’s the stuff of dreams, Artificial Intelligence (AI) also makes many people fearful of losing their jobs. AI could eliminate 7 million jobs by 2020 and only create 2 million, a net loss of 5 million positions in 3 years. Confronted by these figures, should we be alarmed? This study from Klaus Schwab and […]
In the workplace or in personal life, the use of the internet and other digital tools has become an integral part of consumer habits. Despite more frequent use, Quebecers nonetheless retain a certain reticence about security, a NETendances survey conducted by CEFRIO found. When we use digital tools, we leave traces of our passage on […]
The explosion of new information and communication technologies stimulates recruiters appetites for workers who master these skills. But is it a commodity that is as rare as they claim? It may just be that some companies put the bar a little too high, says TECHNOCompétences. Year after year, no fewer than 6000 specialist positions in […]
The software human resource council recently published the results of a national survey on the Canadian job market in the information technology sector. A portrait of work in the IT industry. The retirement of the baby-boomers is less of a concern for the IT sector, with an average workforce age of 36 years, managers with […]
