Recruitment and Selection Strategies for Building a Strong Team
MaRS Centre
101 College Street
CR-2
Toronto, Ontario
The key to the success of any company is building the right team at the right time, but the process of finding, recruiting and selecting the group who will be 'on the bus' through the journey can be one of the least planned out and executed activities in a start-up, often leaving companies having to rein in headcount, or reduce burn and critical gaps in their team at a later stage. In this session you will learn the principles of recruitment and selection as well as practical approaches for early stage companies including critical tips and pitfalls to avoid along with a set of lessons learned from years of supporting start-up companies.
You’ll Learn:
- How to build your team in line with your critical milestones and budget constraints
- How to recognize and plan around the biggest threats to building your team
- The newest and most effective approaches to sourcing solid candidates
- Solid, predictive selection techniques and tips to ensure you know exactly who you are hiring to give you the best chance of bringing in stars
- Tips on how to avoid the most serious and costly mistakes when building a team
Speaker: Margo Crawford, President & CEO, Business Sherpa
Who should attend:
CEO's, CFO's, VP Sales, HR, other management team members.
Part of the MaRS Best Practices Series
Additional Generous Support by:
About The Speaker
Margo is a dynamic business leader whose 25+ year career has spanned diverse and challenging environments. She has been recognized in Ottawa as a Human Resources leader and was the recipient of the prestigious Vision Awards as Human Resources Professional of the Year; as a respected thought leader she has been asked to speak in several venues including Mindtrust, OCRI’s 45th Circuit, Carleton University, boardrooms, has sat on several association panels and conducted media interviews.
As a founder of one of Ottawa’s most successful start-up companies, Meriton Networks she was instrumental in building a company with locations around the world, raising over $95M in equity financing and over an 8-year period worked closely with multiple senior management teams, board of directors and investors.
Margo formed Business Sherpa in 2008 to provide flexible and high-end Human Resources and Business Operations services to small and medium sized enterprises in the Canada and the US.
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