Gareth Callaway, President, Gateway Staffing

Bridging the skills gap in 2020 – but what skills should we focus on?

IBM and Josh Bersin recently put out an interesting study on the skills gaps that are currently opening and how technology advancements are creating gaps in many companies’ workforces. 5800 executives across 50 countries were surveyed and their findings were telling. (https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/report/closing-skills-gap#) They’re feeling pain identifying, recruiting and retaining behavioral skills. Out of 12 identified […]

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Recruiting Candidate Selection and Recruitment

The 3 Levels of Recruiting Assessment – Why Level 3 needs to be Pre-Hire

In the world of Recruiting, the Resume and the LinkedIn profile are the very first level of search and selection. Come to think of it, they are perhaps more search than selection. The second level, the Interview, is obviously the biggest part of the selection process, which is unfortunate because there should be more that

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Sourcing Good Candidates Quickly and Cost Effectively – The Impossible Challenge?

One of my favourite lines in sales is “good, fast and cheap, pick any two and I’ll tell you what it won’t be”. On the face of it, this headline appears to check all three boxes. Let’s look at the challenges.  Good Candidates The economy is booming, with the lowest unemployment in 18 years and

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