Success Stories

These are just some of the many success stories from Canadian companies who exhibit at the expo.

'All first class. A lot of them are so well prepared to come on the stand they come with CV's, which is brilliant for us, makes life easy - and all fully qualified people'

Trevor Stunnell, Project Manager, Arpis Industries

'What we found is that engineers from the UK are very well trained - they know their stuff - and that is of huge importance to us'

David Rempel, Manager, Wardrop

'Most people have met our expectations and a little bit more….we have been overwhelmed by the number of people that have shown up today….You’ve done an excellent job of promoting the show for people to come and learn about Canada'

Angela Girvan, Director of Recruitment, Calgary Health Region

'It has been excellent…I never expected to turn around and see a queue going around the corner by our table'

Caroline Fairman, Engineering Business Manager, Beresford Blake Thomas

'This has been a fantastic show; this has been much busier than I thought it was going to be…..the quality of the people matched my expectations'

Chloe Cartwright, Century 21 Estate, Calgary

'It’s great, it’s impressive to see the turn out, the interest that is shown by citizens of the UK….there’s a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of interest. People are coming here well prepared, they’ve got questions in mind and they want to understand processes'

The Honourable Hector Goudreau, Alberta’s Minister of Employment and Immigration

'I think people in the UK make a natural transition into Canada based on cultural similarities…..I would definitely recommend this show for Ontario companies looking to recruit workers from any field. I have been really amazed at the quality of the applicants here. We have seen a number of really skilled workers'

Victoria Phillips, Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Ontario

'To be here today is an excellent business opportunity for us, but it’s also an excellent opportunity for these people'

David Kerns, Moneycorp

'It’s been very busy, and we’ve seen a lot of candidates, both in Leeds and London'

Neil Bowker, Director of Workforce Strategies, PCL

'The Expo is going quite well for us, this morning phenomenally well. I brought 300 cards and those disappeared in the first two hours, and we’ve already had to send out twice to get photocopies made because I only brought 200 copies of application forms….If I was a Canadian organization looking at recruiting I think this would be an excellent opportunity'

Daniel J Reiniger, Director Canadian Medical Recruitment Agency

'I would recommend the event to people, the reason being is I’ve found the attendees have been very focused, they have come specifically to our stand knowing what they want to talk about……people have done their homework'

Grant Weinberg, Associate Director for Talent Acquisitions, Gilead Sciences