Event category: Plenary

Get inspired with opening remarks and the latest insights shaping Canada’s tech talent landscape.

The recent surge in tech layoffs has shown that a “growth at all costs” approach to company building is not necessarily efficient or scalable. CEOs, investors and employees want their companies to have long-term sustainable growth, profitability, and positive ROI. Hear how HR leaders can help optimize value creation with human capital and organizational change strategies.

You will learn:

• What ‘responsible’ growth looks like for 2023
• The investor perspective on efficient headcount growth
• How HR can create value and influence from an investor’s perspective
• Innovative alternatives to layoffs such as reskilling, upskilling, and temporary cost cutting ideas
• Tips for building a capacity to deliver on changing company objectives with a creative, adaptive, and antifragile workforce.

Over the last few months, we’ve all been witness to, or directly affected by changes in the tech world. Whether it’s been hiring freezes or layoffs, we have all felt the shift. This session asks us the question, if diversification is the majority of your DEI strategy, what happens when you cannot hire? Sharon Nyangweso, QuakeLab CEO and Founder argues that diversity is crucial, however now more than ever is the time to build equity into your systems and processes so when diversification happens, you will not be causing harm to marginalized employees.

Companies of all types are fighting to attract and keep talent, but for technology firms, the causes of this new reality—huge demand, limited talent, options to work from anywhere—are driving jaw-dropping salaries. For companies that can’t pay Google-sized paychecks, don’t despair. The best employers can and should offer more than just pay and benefits to attract and keep great people. In this session culture guru Josh Levine will show you how with The Employee Hierarchy of Needs.

In This Session You’ll Get:

• A new framework to understand of what tech talent want
• The reason people will always want more than money from a job
• A 5-step guide to develop a modern talent strategy