101 Top Human Resources Startups and Companies in Canada

August 7, 2021

This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Human Resources companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Human Resources industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top Canada Human Resources Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Visier

Visier

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Visier is an HR analytics platform that offers cloud-based solutions for workforce analytics and workforce planning.

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Wave offers tailored financial services (payments, payroll) and award-winning free software for small/micro-businesses around the world.

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SkyHive

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Optimizing human economies in real-time for companies, communities, and countries.

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Axonify

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Axonify provides e-learning software, interval reinforcement solutions, and gamified learning.

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Humi

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Humi is an all-in-one HR, Payroll, and Benefits platform, helping 4,000+ Canadian businesses.

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Plum.io

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Plum equips enterprise organizations with the right data and technology to hire, develop, and deploy their talent.

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Ideal

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Ideal is a talent intelligence system that enhances HR software to help teams make more accurate, efficient, and fair talent decisions.

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Riipen

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Riipen is an experiential learning platform that helps schools connect their students to industry & enables companies to pick top talent.

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Kudos

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Employee Engagement & Social Recognition (SaaS)

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Knockri

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Knockri is an AI video skills assessment tool that uses a similar way to measure employers.

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MobSquad

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MobSquad helps start-ups address the growing talent gap they are facing by equipping them with full-time technical talent.

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Epoch

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Epoch: software for companies to manage employee experiences.

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Agendrix

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Our software helps businesses adopt management principles that improve employee retention and satisfaction.

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Together

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Together Software provides corporate mentor ship management platform.

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Jostle

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Jostle offers simple intranet software, proven to get engagement rates 5x industry norms.

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Collage HR

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Reinventing the way Canadian businesses manage HR, payroll, and benefits.

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Workwolf

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Saas, Marketplace, Blockchain, HR_Tech

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Hatchways

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Hatchways is a platform focused on making career transitions easier. Focused on web developers.

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Receptiviti

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Computational language psychology platform that understands the emotions, drives, and traits that affect human behaviour

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Paddle HR

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Paddle HR helps large enterprises match current employees with new jobs within the company, saving them millions in recruiting costs.

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Push Technologies

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Push Operations is a full workforce management software specializing in time attendance, scheduling and payroll

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Jobillico

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More than 10,000 businesses and 2 million job seekers have chosen us, making us the largest Canadian job network.

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Wirkn

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End to End Mobile, Video and AI Solution for Recruiting and Connnecting your WorkPlace

Evolia (Formerly Voilà!)

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(Formerly Voilà!) Meet Evolia: 1st shift based scheduling software and workforce management platform. #PlanWorkTogether 📲

Founded by the team behind Taleo Software, Evolia is an all-in-one employee scheduling and workforce management platform for managers and workers for web/ mobile.

No matter the complexity or size of your industry, Evolia caters to any industry that struggles with managing ever changing schedules and finding last-minute replacements.

With fully customizable features that allow managers to create their scheduling needs and invite employees to choose their optimal shifts, Evolia revolutionizes employee scheduling and workforce management by making it a two-way street 🔁

Gone are the days of working in silos and having to play the telephone game finding last-minute replacements. With Evolia, employees get the opportunity to take part in the scheduling process in a few clicks. 

The result?  Increase in employee engagement, decrease in absenteeism by 35 % and most importantly: no more lost time managing schedules 🙌 

As a web/mobile platform, you can use Evolia on the go

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Alongside

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Alongside humanizes the online hiring experience by improving the way job seekers and employers discover each other.

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SuccessFinder

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SuccessFinder is an HR tech company that delivers in-depth behavioral analytics for predictive hiring, talent management and coaching.

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Circus

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Circus is an HR Platform that helps content creators take care of their Talent.

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WorkAxle

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WorkAxle is a private company that delivers world-class workforce management solutions to enterprise organizations across the globe.

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TribeHR

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TribeHR is online human resources software that helps small and medium-sized businesses simplify their HR management challenges.

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Hölmetrics

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Hölmetrics is a data-analytics company that drives deep insight into an organization’s mental health and safety .

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Perch

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Perch is an always-on video portal enabling users to stay connected to the people they talk to every day.

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Acuspire

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Acuspire is an AI-powered job search and recruiting platform. We connect employers with qualified jobseekers within seconds.

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Prosper

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Prosper is the career coach in your pocket. Get advice for modern ambition.

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Plasticity Labs

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Plasticity improves the psychological skills of employees allowing them to be happier and highly productive.

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Knit People

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Cloud payroll & payments, HR, and benefit service for small businesses. Proudly Canadian.

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Hatch Inc.

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Hatch Inc. provides human resource services.

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Intrideo

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The most effective platform to showcase the best talent, so your business focuses on managing and growing the best teams.

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Porpoise

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Porpoise helps companies engage their employees through purpose and action.

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Merinio

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Merinio is a cloud based software designed to increase operational efficiency in dynamic and complex business environments.

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The Perk

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The Perk is a SaaS product that helps employers increase engagement and eliminate turnover.

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TalentClick

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Predictive analytic assessments measuring risk-based personality traits to hire and train better employees.

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HackHub

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HackHub brings professional online hackathon experience to worldwide developers and designers.

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FutureFit AI

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Helping Fortune 500 companies and governments to build a FutureFit workforce by providing individuals with a “GPS for their Career”

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AtmanCo

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AtmanCo is a leader and innovator in web psychometric test solutions.

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Greatify

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Greatify is an employee engagement solution that helps you create and automate incentive programs for all of your company’s teams.

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ImpressView

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ImpressView provides personal branding video for staffing firms.

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Curv Health

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Curv is a distributed digital clinic that connects individuals with specialists who use frontier tools to offer better, cost-effective care.

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PROtect. Smart Personal Safety

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Enterprise personal safety solution (platform and app) to empower the Global remote workforce with our white labeled/api integrated software

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BoomersPlus

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part-time to full-time work to volunteer and advisory roles.

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Officevibe

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Officevibe is an online platform that designs employee pulse surveys to boost employee engagement within organizations.

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Ovrpass

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Recruitment marketing chatbot platform for multi-location businesses with shift workers. Collect better candidates for a better ROI.

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Lunaria Solutions

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Saas company help organizations drive diversity and inclusion efforts through customized evaluations and actionable reporting.

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WerkApp

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WerkApp is an automated platform that makes temporary staffing easier, reliable and affordable for the industrial sector.

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Navy Resources

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Navy Resources is engaged in the exploration and evaluation of resource properties.

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Payworks

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Payworks delivers innovative workforce management solutions that specialize in cloud-based payroll, HR, employee time & absence management.

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Recroup

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Recroup is next generation job advertising platform that give employers access to passive candidate all over the web.

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Morneau Shepell

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Morneau Shepell is the only human resources consulting and technology company.

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Pounse

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Pounse is a career profile and recruiting platform, designed to bridge the gap between talent and work.

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Needle HR

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Needle is a talent acquisition platform that helps employers connect with designers, animators, architects, artists, and others.

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StoreForce

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StoreForce develops a SaaS platform that provides a suite of scheduling, timekeeping, performance management, and execution tools.

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Sparkrock

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Sparkrock provides Finance, Workforce Management, Payroll and Employee Scheduling software for Nonprofits, Human Services Agencies.

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FastLaw

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fastlaw.io is a team of world-renowned specialists who has all the necessary competencies to make life easier for entrepreneurs.

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ToolBelt Pro

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ToolBelt Pro is an app that connects people needing help with completing jobs/tasks around their home & those that have the skills to them.

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Work.com

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Work.com is a cloud computing-based social performance management platform for managers and employees to improve their performance.

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Tia Health

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Tia is a virtual clinic platform which allows patients to access a doctor from anywhere via online video, phone, or IM.

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Prelook

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Prelook allows users to browse companies and gain insights on its culture before applying for a job.

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Cardero Resource

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Cardero Resource is a resource company focused on building a base metals exploration and development company.

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Raise Your Flag

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Connecting the 45% of students NOT going to college to meaningful careers & companies who will hire them.

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Peersight

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Peersight helps job seekers get to know their colleagues before they accept an offer.

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Talemetry

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Talemetry is a software platform that manages how enterprise companies get the right people to apply for the right jobs.

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TalentNet

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TalentNet is a woman-owned human capital management software company.

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TrainingSeeker

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Canada’s first online marketplace dedicated to connecting you with the certified training providers you need.

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Diversified Staffing Services

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Diversified Staffing Services Ltd focuses on building strong relationships with its candidates in order to better satisfy its clients.

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CoreHealth Technologies

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CoreHealth Technologies is the leading all-in-one corporate wellness platform

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HR.com

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HR.com is the largest social network and online community of HR executives.

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Organimi

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Organimi offers cloud-based tools that enable its users to create and update organizational charts in real time.

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Apprendo

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Apprendo.io is a SaaS platform training managers to configure, procure, deploy, and manage certification within a single interface.

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TEEMA

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TEEMA is a staffing/recruiting firm that places permanent full-time and contract resources.

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InTime

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InTime is a public safety agency helping institutions of public safety make better training and scheduling decisions.

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Thrive Career Wellness Platform

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Thrive offers HR Tech Services & SaaS for employers, HR Agencies & public sector to deliver career transition & unemployment services.

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Workopolis

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Workopolis is Canada’s largest and most popular career site helping employers and candidates connect with each other online.

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Lumaki Labs

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Lumaki Labs is an EdTech startup that creates software tools to help companies and schools unlock the potential of virtual internships

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Andgo Systems

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Andgo Systems is an Absence Management automation platform developed specifically for complex scheduling environments.

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ETS

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ETS is an HR consultancy that creates solutions to best fit clients needs.

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SS International Consulting Solutions Limited

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At SSI Consulting Solutions, the consulting team consists of senior executives with significant experience in the public/private sectors.

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JobAdx

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#SmarterProgrammatic Job Board & Publisher Ad Tool

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Nortek Solutions Inc.

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Nortek Solutions was founded in 2000 with a mission to help companies manage their people by leveraging technology.

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InitLive Inc.

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InitLive is a revolutionary staff & volunteer scheduling tool for events, programs and CSR.

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Vacation Tracker

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Remote-friendly leave tracking solution.

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SPOT APP

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SPOT App is a technology platform that allows employers the opportunity to manage the workforce and participate in the socio-gig economy.

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Teachaway

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Teach Away was established in 2003 to help teachers find reputable employment overseas.

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PaymentEvolution

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PaymentEvolution Provides online, secure, payroll and payment services to small and mid-sized businesses.

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Adelant

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Knowledge management and human capital SaaS

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IC Thrive

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IC Thrive renders software that specializes in employee engagement, internal communication, remote working and HR support services.

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EDP Software

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EDP Software is a Vancouver-based technology firm that specializes in providing scheduling solutions to Fortune 500 companies.

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Fortay.ai

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Fortay is a team success platform that helps innovative companies build diverse values-aligned teams and healthy, inclusive workplaces.

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Sparkbay

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Sparkbay helps company reduce employee turnover through an employee-driven engagement solution.

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LearningBranch

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LearningBranch is an AI-powered conversational pre or post hire assessment and training platform for frontline, customer facing employees.

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Oomple

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Oomple is a global marketplace that matches companies and on-demand professionals, making it easier to get important work done.

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PeopleInsight

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PeopleInsight is a cloud-based workforce analytics for business and HR innovators.

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ModoHR Technologies Inc.

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ModoHR develops technology solutions that deliver background data information efficiently and securely to a variety of industries.

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