Reaching new heights with Altitude Recruiting
You may have been wondering why you have not seen more of my postings lately…. Well, it’s for a very good reason. Mid February, just before the Olympic opening and my 30th Birthday I joined an IT Recruiting firm as an IT recruiter. For the past 4 months I have put all my marketing, PR, event management, networking, and negotiation skills to work to help this company with the rebrand. On June 16th, we had a rebrand launch party and told the world that our new name will be ALTITUDE RECRUITING. You can visit our website and find out all about us at www.altituderecruiting.com .Living Blueprint Creative helped us through the rebranding process, and we’re extremely pleased with their strategic guidance and creative work.
We had close to 130 people in attendance on a gorgeous sunny afternoon on June 16th at J Lounge. Everyone was mingling on the patio, enjoying the rowdy piano by Chance Devlin and really got into the Vegas spirit in the casino room!
Gayle Hadfield of Hadfield Human Resources was the big winner of the $1500 grand prize, an advertising package from Business in Vancouver. Emma Tang from Multicultural Helping House Society won the $150 wine package that was generously donated by Mosaic Winemakers.
Here are some pictures – if you’d like to see more, you can see all of our pictures of the event HERE .
For those of you that are not familiar with us, we specialize in filling your IT staffing needs with a diverse pool of talented and qualified IT professionals. Our candidates have experience working in a variety of positions, including tech support, programming, system architecture, e-commerce, and more. We also have social media specialist and technical sales people. Feel free to take a look at our job ready candidates at http://www.altituderecruiting.com/employers/candidates-pool/
We plan to put on regular events that bring in industry speakers to talk about the latest and greatest happenings in the IT world. There are also plans for hands-on how-to workshops to increase the employability of our job candidates.
I have never really loved a job quite like I love this one. Everyday I feel challenged and fulfilled because I really believe in the saying “Give a man a fish, feed him for a day, teach a man to fish, feed him for life”. And helping people gain fulfilling full time employment makes a real difference. Have you ever met people who have been out of work for more than 6 months?? They lose their identity, self worth and their purpose. They often feel like useless member of society that are forgotten and rejected. It really impacts their self image, confidence, and thus personal behaviors.
At Altitude Recruiting, we provide a hands on quality service to job candidates from around the world. This is provided free of charge, as long as they have minimum 3 years of industry experience. We focus on quality instead of quantity so for our employers, by providing a complimentary work assessment need. We will go into their business and help them determine who is the right hire, and write out job descriptions for them. My boss Frank Power, has been an IT Manager for the past 27 years, and has worked in various types of organizations ranging from private to crown corporations. He has a great proven track record in terms of hiring the right man for the job and retaining talent.
I have learned so much since I joined the firm, and I’m constantly wowed by the level of talent that walks in our doors. I have met MBA IT Managers that have helped set up tech centres in Pakistan for the UN after the earth quake in 2005, to an e-commerce specialist from Telus that can give presentations on the latest cutting edge technology innovations. I have also met a senior business analyst that has traveled the world working with Nokia, Vodaphone, Walmart, among others and doing billion dollar business revenues.
If you are a firm or organization that is considering hiring an IT professional, needs to upgrade your IT infrastructure or have a few IT projects on the back burner that need revisiting, give us a call at 604 662-7773. We will provide a complimentary assessment and help you write out job descriptions. I am looking forward to meeting you in person soon to find out about you and your organization! We’re also on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Picasa, so feel free to connect with us from our website www.altituderecruiting.com.