8 Things you need to think about before hiring internationally
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Expanding your team into new markets means adding people on the ground with the right mix of experience and knowledge. But hiring the right people where you need them comes with its own set of challenges — from complying with local employment laws to implementing international payroll and benefits.
20 January 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion There is growing interest to try other professions, but not enough options to do so. Communitech partnered with Wilfrid Laurier University to see if secondment could be a stepping stone to the gig economy.… Read more 20 January 2020 | By Member News in: Member news Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, has been awarded a second Technology and Engineering Emmy Award. Read more 18 January 2020 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, News Nine students got a perfect score at Code to Win this year, earning them $5,000 each. Code to Win continues to be a great opportunity for young software engineers and corporate sponsors to connect for… Read more 15 January 2020 | By Member News in: Member news, News eSentire, Inc. announced the availability of its Annual Threat Intelligence Report: 2019 Perspectives and 2020 Predictions. They are the global leader in cloud-delivered Managed Detection and Response… Read more 15 January 2020 | By Alex Kinsella in: Opinion, Tech About Town Athena made a donation to KidsAbility, who provide a range of services for children. Athena has been giving back since the start, but with growth, their leaders realized that they needed to get their team… Read more 14 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News Nicoya, which employs nanotechnology and AI to make analytical instruments that help scientists and medical personnel produce treatments for disease, is ready to expand quickly after a CDN$10-million Series… Read more 13 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News Previously, the Royal Canadian Air Force used "footballs" which were 50-150 page packages of information. This was very inefficient as information would quickly become useless as the situations evolved.… Read more 09 January 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion There are endless opportunities to make progress, and they’re open to everyone, regardless of job, education, or fitness level. Making progress is as important as achieving a goal. Read more 09 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News Jay Shah, Velocity’s Director since September, 2016, stopped the presses earlier this week with a blog post announcing that he was leaving and moving on to a new, as-yet-undetermined, opportunity. Read more 01 January 2020 | By Craig Daniels in: Monthly tech roundup, News Welcome to a new year. Welcome to a new decade.
But before you strap in and launch headlong into the next 10 years, let’s go retro with a look back at the year that was for the Waterloo Region tech scene,… Read more
The Secondment Diaries
Dejero wins second Emmy Award for tech that improves live news gathering
Nine students score $5K each in Code to Win challenge
eSentire’s Annual Threat Intelligence Report: 2019 Perspectives and 2020 Predictions
Helping others with a great fit of time and talent
Nicoya lands CDN$10-million in Series A funding
How the Flight Deck found a fix for the RCAF's 'football'
M-Theory: In 2020, resolve to make progress
On to the next adventure: Q&A with Velocity's Jay Shah
Tech Roundup for 2019