Everyone Said Don’t Hire Him. They Hired Him Anyway. Almost everyone voted no. The executive team (save one) thumbed him down. The entire board did the same. The message was nearly unanimous: don’t do this. On paper, Mark Cranney didn’t

Remember Cambridge Analytica? Most people treated their online activity as harmless. You clicked a quiz, liked a post, sent an application, and moved on. Later, we learned that data on tens of millions of people had been quietly harvested, combined

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Why Weak Ties and ‘Backability’ Matter Tired of resume and interview “experts”? If you’re job hunting, it’s exhausting. Every scroll is another magic fix: tweak this, say that, change your font. Most of it is career junk food dressed up as wisdom. At some

Everyone’s hyped about Ontario’s new pay transparency rules. They think it’s a reset. It’s not.  The Law: New Theatre, Old Problems Starting January 2026, Ontario’s Working for Workers Four Act, 2024 requires companies with 25+ employees to list pay ranges (max $50K spread for jobs under $200K), disclose

The Double Standard in Employer & Candidate Experience Would you ignore client calls or emails for weeks? Of course not. Yet in 2025, 61% of Canadian candidates reported being ghosted after interviews—up 9% from 2024. Nearly 80% of hiring managers