Hiring Resources – Altitude Accelerator

BREADY 

The BReady Talent Platform is a virtual marketplace that connects talent with employers, including startups and SMEs, hiring for tech and business roles in Brampton and Mississauga. The platform utilizes an advanced matching algorithm to match talent profiles with employers offering full-time & part-time roles based on their skills and employer requirements. With a focus on helping new immigrants, mid-career professionals from historically racialized communities, and recent graduates, the BReady Talent Platform serves as a streamlined way for SMEs, corporations, and startups in Brampton and Mississauga to adopt more inclusive hiring practices. It also offers a $4,000 wage subsidy (a limited number available and longevity of the hire beyond internship is a required criterion) to cover partial costs of a 5-month placement and reduce the financial burden of hiring or giving a racialized community member their first job experience in your company.   

MITACS 

Accelerate your startup’s growth, enhance its core research or technology, and refine your professional skills with Accelerator Entrepreneur. This flexible initiative welcomes student and postdoctoral entrepreneurs from any discipline. Accelerator Entrepreneur assists startups in optimizing their budgets and offers financial backing to pilot, refine, and commercialize new technology, products, or services through internships valued at $15,000 each. 

UTM 

Reaching over 80,000 students and recent graduates from all three University of Toronto campuses is made easy by posting on the self-serve job board on CLNx. Unlimited full-time, part-time, summer, and paid internships, as well as volunteer opportunities, can be posted free of charge. 

Durham College 

Durham College (DC) Solutions for Business offers a variety of innovative business services. Our teams of professionals work together seamlessly to provide customized solutions to meet your business interests and needs, including talent acquisition, skills training and upgrading, research and development, meeting and banquet facilities, funding procurement and charitable giving. 

BioTalent Canada 

BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program (SWPP) is an initiative to increase the job-readiness of students registered in STEM, healthcare, business, and all other programs at Canadian post-secondary institutions. SWPP is a wage subsidy program that covers the cost of a student’s salary by 50% up to a maximum of $5,000 and 70% up to a maximum of $7,000 for first-year students and under-represented groups.  Wage subsidies are available to all employers creating a work-integrated learning opportunity and meeting the program criteria. Biotechnology or can hire students from any post-secondary institutions across Canada through BioTalent Canada’s Student Work Placement Program. To qualify for the program, either: the position needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus, or the employer needs to have a biotechnology or healthcare focus.