Building Resilient Teams: Insights from Leader Lourdes Juan

To say that Calgary’s Lourdes Juan is ambitious would be an understatement. The entrepreneur, who turns 40 this month, has started multiple businesses and charities. “I love taking organizations from zero to one and being a part of small, scrappy teams,” she told Goldbeck Recruiting during a recent interview.1 Juan is also a mom, having […]

Nail Your Career-Change: Top Tips from a Career Strategist

“I call myself a career strategist because I really don’t like the name coach or counsellor,” says Helen Dewar.1 Whatever the title, Dewar has been helping her clients, mostly from the management level up, get job-ready for about three decades. Career transitions can be difficult to navigate, but Dewar sees them as an opportunity to […]

An Examination of Remote Work, Creativity & Wellbeing

Denise Goldbeck will be speaking at our Public Speaking Mastery workshop with Ece Ozer on February 1st here in Vancouver. If you’d like to hear more of her fascinating insights, register your interest here. Going beyond memes & simplified talking points to examine the limitations of Zoom, the cost of work-from-home, & the nature of […]

Comparing Canadian & Russian HR with an International Expert

With experience comes perspective, and Vitaly Sergeev has a wealth of both. After spending most of his career working in Russia, the HR specialist and his wife moved to Vancouver in 2023, where he’s now a member of the faculty at University Canada West. Sergeev spoke with Goldbeck Recruiting, offering his observations on the HR, […]

Leadership Spotlight: Meeting Technical Recruiting Challenges

“It’s sometimes challenging for us to recruit, because we need individuals that have a specific expertise,” says Jan Khoo, Accounting & HR Director at Eriez Flotation. The BC based company has supplied more than 900 flotation columns throughout the world, helping clients concentrate and purify minerals including iron ore, base-metals, gold, and more. “It’s been […]