- Launch of BAjob.ca job board
jobWings Careers is launching , a bilingual job board specializing in business analysis. The business analyst (BA) is a new function on the Canadian market. Since 2003, demand has mushroomed, with companies increasingly seeking this type of versatile profile, which requires skills in both IT and in business.
Specifically, a business analyst plays a role even before a computer project is begun, to document business processes and identify opportunities for improvement, stakeholder needs and the organizational impact of the project.
"For now, business analysis professionals are a small, difficult-to-reach community," states Manuel Francisci, president of jobWings Careers. "With BAjob.ca, this community has access to a dedicated job board, which completes our PMjob.ca board for project manager jobs."
- Workopolis gets into training
Workopolis has just launched Workopolis Learning, a directory of academic and professional training in Canada. Available on the Workopolis.com site and at www.workopolislearning.com, this service has the same content as the educationprovider.com site. Searches can be done by degree, program or school, and includes information on the institutions, different program types and details of all the courses offered. You can get additional information by filling out a registration form. For now, the site lists 11 schools.
- New vertical search engine for Mamma.com
On November 28, 2006, Mamma.com, a leader in Internet search and online advertising, announced the launch of www.mammajobs.com, its new vertical search engine. Created in partnership with Indeed.com, the engine targets the U.S. but also lists Canadian jobs. The company now has three vertical search engines: Mamma Health, Mamma Videos, soon to be released in beta, and Mamma Jobs.
- Myjobtips: creation of a new online concept for candidates
Since September, the myjobtips.com site helps candidates better organize their job search. Much more than a traditional director, this site has a unique tool: candidates can keep track the jobs of interest to them from the various job boards and company career sections in their personal MyJobList folder. This provides a view of all their job applications on one page, and specifies, for each job, the status of the application. They are automatically notified when a job is no longer online.
"This site fills a real need in the online job market," says Greg Webster, president of Myjobtips. "Such an organizing tool is useful for both candidates and recruiters, because it shows true professionalism."
- Recruiting firm: Kerosene, a newcomer to financial recruiting
The market for recruiting in finance and accounting has a new player, the recently founded firm Kerosene. Two former associates from ModelCom, a business modelling firm, are behind the project: Luc Vincent, CA, MBA, and Francis Paquet, ing., M. Sc. The executive director, Francis Pallascio, CA, has several years of headhunting experience. For now, the firm will operate in the Greater Montreal and surrounding area.
Web site: www.propulsezvous.com
- Recruiting firm: Métivier Group opens a sales representative division
Created by the executive recruiting group Métivier Consulting, the Focus Rep division specializes exclusively in sales representative recruiting for business development, negotiating and technical sales. The head of the division, Pierre Lachance, was formerly the director of sales for recruiting firm Sirius.