If you’ve read VanHack’s Guide to Remote Hiring in 2020, this blog post is the next step – after you’ve hired your first remote employee, it’s very important to have a great onboarding experience to truly make them a part of your team – and equally, for your existing team to feel like a great…
Remote + Relocation: The Present of Work Since 2015, our mission at VanHack has been to create a borderless world for tech talent. Well, that clearly isn’t possible these days with so many countries closing their borders due to COVID-19. We’ve spent the last few weeks listening to the market in order to understand the…
In his first major policy speech, Canada’s new Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Marco Mendicino set out the current government’s priorities on immigration. He began by saying that Canada’s future is dependent on immigration. The demographic reasons for this are many, including the country’s aging population and low replacement birth rate. A direct consequence…
Welcome to Calgary! VanHack has 120,000+ candidates on our platform. We’re quite certain that most of you know quite a bit about Toronto and Vancouver, but Calgary seems to sometimes get overlooked. Well, it’s time to fix that. Let’s sit down and have a nice chat about Calgary, eh? Why Calgary? VanHack has been working…
Calling all VanHackers! Today is the day we talk about completing your VanHack Profile.Yes, I know that this sounds dull and boring and like….”work”. I also know that we all lead busy lives and are constantly rushing from pillar to post. But here’s the thing: filling out your profile on VanHack is actually one of…
What is VanHack Leap ? VanHack Leap is an in-person event over 4-5 days and it is an amazing opportunity for developers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, and senior tech talent from around the world to meet top tech-based companies (startups and enterprise) and conduct face to face interviews. Why should I attend a Leap Event?…
We collected all of the most common questions about relocating to Canada, along with our answers. Why? Well, Canada’s tech sector is growing fast! International tech talent is helping it grow. Maybe you’re a senior developer looking for work in Toronto. A computer engineer with a new job in Vancouver. Or a DevOps analyst who’s…
“I used VanHack Premium for just 6 months — and then I got hired as a senior full stack developer at a top local tech company,” Danilo Kaltner says with a smile. (He adds with a grin that he could have got hired even faster, 3 months earlier at another company, but might have scared…
We’re proud to be a bridge connecting Canadian companies with some of the most talented tech professionals from around the world. And here we present one of our most recent successful candidates, Pablo from Colombia. Today he’s working with a great Canadian company. Hired as a Senior DevOps Engineer, he’s providing a skill set that’s very…
Today, I’m working at my dream job as a senior software engineer in Toronto. It’s all thanks to VanHack Premium. Let me tell you my story of how I got a job in Canada! How I knew I needed VanHack Premium to succeed Like most VanHackers, I joined because I wanted to work abroad. It’s an…
Want your Global Talent Stream application to move faster through the system? You’ll need to present an organized and well-written Labour Market Benefit Plan (LMBP). That’s why we built this handy LMBP builder, so you can quickly create a plan that the government will love, in just 5 minutes! Use our fast-and-easy Labour Market Benefit…
Is your BC tech company looking to hire? Need the best senior software engineers and developers from across the globe? OK, then. You’re invited to our next Leap event, hosted by Vancouver Economic Commission! What can you expect at this Leap Vancouver event? Leap is a 3-day event that kicks off with a fun networking…
VanHack Leap events are where Canadian companies go to meet, interview and hire some of the top tech talent from all around the world. We’re proud to show off our latest Canadian tech recruiting success story: Larissa, the full stack developer from Brazil! Today, Larissa is helping a company in Calgary to work on the…
I just got back from VanHack’s Toronto gathering on how companies build diverse teams (Thanks to Techstars Toronto and Founder’s Institute Toronto for supporting the event! Full disclosure: I wasn’t just an attendee. I was the lead organizer for it.) I did it to learn how companies are embracing diversity and inclusion here in Toronto, the…
Looking to hire? VanHack Leap is back in Toronto Sept. 16 to 18 with our Women in Tech hiring fair! Like all of our Leap job fairs, these are unique and exclusive events that match up companies with tech talent from abroad. This is your chance to find, interview and potentially hire your next female…
We’ve got lots of Global Talent Stream success stories. Why? Well, it just makes hiring tech talent abroad faster, easier and cheaper than a local talent search. Well, that goes double when you use VanHack to help your company. You can get your tech pros from Brazil, India, Nigeria, and about 100 other countries. Yeah, that’s…
Congratulations! You used the Global Talent Stream to hire tech experts for your growing company. You did the smart thing and expanded your search beyond Canada. Now and in future, you can access a whole world of talent. (And if you used VanHack, that means you had access to 200,000+ candidates. That’s one big talent…
You need to hire top tech talent quickly. You want developers who can create magic for your company with RoR, JS, Java, Javascript, Python, etc. But you can’t find them! That’s why you should use the Global Talent Stream. What’s this all about? Well, the Canadian government created this program in 2017 to deal with…
Just want an expert to walk you through how to apply to the Global Talent Stream? Book a FREE call with the VanHack team! I’ll assume if you’ve skipped the link above, you’ve got a few minutes to learn more. Fantastic. We’re going to show you how to apply to the Global Talent Stream to…
Tech companies are looking to hire and scale diverse teams. Facebook aims to double the number of women on its global workforce. As well, Uber ties executive compensation to meeting diversity goals. Many tech companies have already made this shift. Additionally, they’ve seen clear business benefits: Heightened creativity. Better collaboration. Increased profitability. New ideas… and more!…
