Pinnacle and Probe Research insight may surprise you. Probe Research has been conducting the Manitoba Business Leaders Index annually since 2005, which surveys a cross-section of CEOs and business owners …
5 Tips to Secure a Corporate Job Post-Graduation
Transitioning from academia to the corporate world marks a significant milestone in your professional journey. As you open this new chapter, equipping yourself with the right tools and strategies to …
Here’s Why Every Manitoba Business Needs a Recruitment Agency
Finding the right player for your team can be a challenging task. Whether you’re a large-scale company with a solid HR team, or you’re a smaller operation juggling many tasks …
Maximizing Career Potential: Why You Should Update Your LinkedIn Profile
The year is coming to a close, and with 2024 on the horizon, now is as good a time as ever to update your LinkedIn profile information. For those who aren’t very active on the platform, you might wonder — is being on LinkedIn worth it? Take it from us, Winnipeg’s top recruitment and staffing firm: the answer is a resounding YES!
9 Things to Consider Before Accepting a Counteroffer
In the competitive arena of career moves, it’s not uncommon for your current employer to play their trump card: the counteroffer. Much like a strategic move in a sports game, …
Onboarding New Employees: 5 Things Every Manager Needs to Do
Onboarding is essential for building strong teams and maintaining employee engagement. It’s one thing to hire new staff—but helping them feel welcomed and prepared to succeed is a whole other …
5 Skill-Assessment Quizzes for Maximizing Team Performance
Getting to know your team is essential for effective performance management. 21 years of recruitment in Winnipeg has taught us a lot about building and maintaining strong teams. To maximize …
5 Tips for Creating a Sensory-Friendly Office
Have you ever considered making the switch to a sensory-friendly office? For some employees, sensory-friendly modifications may seem insignificant—but for others, it can dramatically improve their productivity, comfort, and overall …
7 Simple Ways to Improve Your Focus at Work
Maintaining focus can be challenging if your work environment is full of distractions—but we have solutions! First, try carving out time for “heads down” work.
7 Tips for Improving Employee Retention
Attracting qualified candidates is a challenge all employers face—but what about employee retention? Once your new employee has signed their contract and completed their onboarding, don’t lose sight of the long term. It’s one thing to hire an employee, but fostering motivation and convincing them to stay is a whole other ball game.
5 Tips to Help You Update Your Resume
A resume is an ever-evolving project that you should revisit throughout your career – each time adding new skills and accomplishments that track your professional story. If you’re getting ready to …
Pinnacle is proud to announce its partnership with Manitoba Hydro
Recently instituting a 20-year plan – referred to as Strategy 2040 – based on decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization, Manitoba Hydro is building a team who can make these designs a reality. …
Working with the Pinnacle Executive & Professional Search Division
Getting a job through a recruitment agency looks and feels a lot different than applying to jobs directly. There are a lot of steps in making a career move and …
Pinnacle’s 20th Anniversary Logo
2022 marks our 20th anniversary! Pinnacle’s founders, Dale Driedger and Wade Miller, believed that the competitive edge of any successful business is its best employees: those who not only exceeded …
The “Elevator Pitch”
If someone asked you right now, “tell me about yourself,” how ready are you? Whether interviewing, networking for business, or meeting new people at a party, this question is ubiquitous. …
Examples of Interview Thank You Letters
You finished an interview – and you feel like it went great. The rapport was strong, your answers were on point, and the warmth of your personality was on full …
Virtual Interview Tips
As Winnipeg’s largest recruitment firm, we see virtual interviews remaining popular among hiring managers and recruiters alike. Having transitioned many of our own interviewing practices over the last couple of …
Signs of a Poor Manager
As a recruitment agency, we hear about countless poor managers from candidates. So it comes as no surprise that bad managers are often the driving force behind employees becoming applicants. …
5 Avoidable Business-Communication Mistakes
Whether it is resumes, emails, reports, or other documents, grammar is an innate part of modern business, and many people are unclear on — or unaware of — specific grammatical …
Maximizing Your Job Search
No matter how gainfully employed you are, almost everyone is a passive candidate on the job market. According to Glassdoor, 84% of employees would consider leaving their current role for …
Post-Pandemic Volunteering
As COVID-19 restrictions ease and physical gatherings return, volunteering is a great way to revitalize those aspects of life that have been lacking throughout the pandemic: meeting new people, physical …