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August 13, 2007
Jon Arnold / Mike Fox - High Tech Recruiting
On this week's podcast, Jon's guest was Mike Fox, who runs Toronto-based recruiting firm, Brightlights. Mike is an established high tech recruiter, and he spoke with Jon about the state of the industry. His focus is mainly on senior level talent, and he talked about the challenges that start ups face in attracting these people, especially for Canadian-based companies.. He also emphasized the richness of Toronto's job market, and the diversity of talent that makes it a great place for startups.
Mike added his perspective on how the job market has changed from the bubble days, and how imporant it is for seasoned tech workers to adjust their expectations to today's realities. He also provided some practical advice for people just starting out and looking for a career in tech.
Mike Fox is passionate in his efforts to help organizations meet their true potential. His last 15 years have been in recruitment in the Technology sector, focusing on executive, senior management, sales, marketing, and technical roles. He has a deep understanding of the ICT sector and his monthly reading includes MIT Technology Review, Computing Canada, Business Week, Business 2.0, Information Week, Harvard Business Review, and Strategy and Business among others.
Mike was a senior recruiter for one of Canada's largest recruiting firms (CNC Global) and was the top performer, out of 187 recruiting specialists, for each of his last five years with the company. He also spent 1.5 years working with Mandrake, an Executive Recruiting Specialty firm. Previous to that he worked with Comdisco Disaster Recovery Services, Hamilton Computers (which later became GE Capital), Vernon Computer Financing, and ran his own training company. He has been a sales representative, a sales manager, a product manager, and a fledgling entrepreneur. This provides a wide experience base from which to provide clients a perspective on the best candidates possible.
Mike interviews 200-300 professionals each year and brings a wealth of knowledge to provide you with information on best practices. He has been a speaker at 2 Conference Board of Canada National Conferences as well as the IHRIM (International Human Resource Management Association) National Conference. As well, he was a past Board Member of The Strategic Leadership Forum and now the MIT Schulich Enterprise Forum.
Posted at August 13, 2007 11:51 AM
