Canada's executive search and recruitment services firm.

Helping Canadian employers find and hire
the best talent.
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Trusted by thousands of Canadian organizations for HR services
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People First HR has been our trusted recruitment partner across a wide range of roles within our organization. Their full-service recruitment approach, from sourcing and screening through to final selection, has consistently delivered strong, well matched candidates. They take the time to understand our not-for-profit organization, our culture, and evolving needs, which results in thoughtful, high quality hires every time. Their professionalism, responsiveness, and commitment to seeing each search through to completion has made them an invaluable extension of our leadership team.

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Kelsey
Executive Director, CIFFC

Hiring Process

We measure our success with one objective in mind: Exceed our clients' needs by being their subject matter expert and connecting them with highly qualified candidates that are a match to their organization’s business needs.

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Understand your organization and needs

We meet with key stakeholders to understand your organization and needs for the role. We customize our approach to meet those specific needs and foster open communication to ensure we are aligned throughout the entire search process.
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Engage and interview candidates

We excel at attracting and engaging candidates who are not actively seeking their next role. Your role and organization are unique and the best candidates are often not actively applying.
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Hiring the right candidate

Our goal is to make the recruitment process as seamless as possible for our clients. We manage the full recruitment process including negotiations, reference checks, as well as make the offer process with the chosen candidate.
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Hiring the right executive is hard and mistakes are very costly.
Our proprietary executive candidate database gives us an advantage and fast start to speaking with high quality candidates. This coupled with our strategic approach to connecting with passive executive talent sets us apart.
Our Executive Search team has vast experience hiring for key top roles including Board Chair and Director, CEO, C-suite, President, Vice President, Executive Director, Director, Senior Manager, and more.
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Our team partners on search projects that span small business to enterprises to not-for-profits.
We pride ourselves on consistent and open communication with candidates and clients which ultimately saves time and accelerates the hiring process.
Our experience spans roles across Accounting, Administrative, Communications, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Manufacturing and Production, Marketing, Not-for-profit, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain and Logistics, and more.
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Proprietary Candidate Pool Across Canada
Connecting employers and candidates across Canada.
Our proprietary database gives us a head start on searches and our strategic approach to connecting with passive candidates is integral to placing top talent across industries.
Confidential Search
We prioritize sourcing the right candidates for you and represent your organization with intention.
The sensitive nature of many executive searches requires discretion. We own the full process and advise on candidate communication to ensure success. Every process is different and we adjust to your needs.
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Bilingual Recruitment
We have a bilingual team with experience in hiring at all levels.
Whether you are hiring your next CEO or client services manager, we can help. We will alternate communications between English and French at a stakeholder level depending on your and their preference.
We recruit for Indigenous clients across Canada
With major engagements spanning Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario, we understand cultural differences and the need to build trust. We will work with your team in the way that is appropriate for your community as we bring a key new member on board.
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Can we help you hire?