{"id":6915,"date":"2018-12-04T10:37:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-04T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2019-10-22T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T15:58:19","slug":"jobillicos-7th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/en\/jobillicos-7th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobillico\u2019s 7th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Birthday Jobillico!<\/b><\/p>\n

Wow! It\u2019s been 7 years since Jobillico first went online!<\/p>\n

On this happy occasion, we thought we\u2019d share with you how this company, founded in 2010 by 2 young visionaries from the Province of Qu\u00e9bec, has become one of the major players in the field of recruiting in Canada.<\/p>\n

The Origins<\/b><\/h2>\n

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For a long time, Nicolas Chabot and Serge Lavall\u00e9e had thought of a means of getting employers and jobseekers to meet, very much in the way of a huge job fair. They knew people who struggled to get their full potential recognized and who had no way of staying updated on career opportunities in their industry. \u201cI remember discussing with Nicolas that jobseekers should be presented with all career opportunities, not just the vacancies that need to be filled in the short term. There was a need to be able to learn about which businesses were part of your community, which industries they belonged to and what type of employees they were looking for\u201d says Jobillico Cofounder and Financial Director Serge Lavall\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

It was indeed true that businesses had no easy way of putting forward what they had to offer to prospective hires. As a matter of fact, nearly 85% of vacancies weren\u2019t posted as recently as ten years ago, mainly because of the high cost of doing so. \u201cWe wanted to democratize recruiting with an efficient, accessible and customizable solution so that businesses would have access to the best talent on the market at a reasonable cost and with unlimited postings\u201d adds Serge Lavall\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Jobillico sprung from these early ideas in June 2010 and began to expand in very little time. Nicolas and Serge had struck on a concept so innovative that businesses lined up to hire the fledgling company, eventually making it essential in any recruiter\u2019s toolbox.<\/p>\n

A few years later, in 2014, the current version of the Jobillico platform was launched at a press conference attended by about 100 business people, the Minister of Employment and the Mayor of Qu\u00e9bec City. The company\u2019s new slogan \u201cYou\u2019ll be happier\u201d \u2013 a phrase that was to embody Jobillico\u2019s vision \u2013 was made public during the ceremony.<\/p>\n

More great news was on the way.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Jobillico won the Fid\u00e9ides award in two categories: \u2018New Business\u2019 and \u2018Small Business of the Year\u2019, and was then awarded the Troph\u00e9e Vision in the \u2018Emerging Visionary Business\u2019 category. Desjardins also granted $8 million in financing to help its expansion. The list of successes goes on into 2016 when the company received the Mercuriades award for the development of web or mobile technology.<\/p>\n

Over the same period, Jobillico\u2019s expansion took shape. Opening an office in Toronto and hiring the first employees to work there set Jobillico on the path to its nation-wide conquest.<\/p>\n

A Community for Employers and Workers.<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Neither recruiting nor getting a new job can be dismissed as an easy task. There\u2019s plenty of competition and that\u2019s why we\u2019ve developed a platform designed to be a community where talent and employers can meet. The latter are given the opportunity to showcase all that they have to offer to potential hires: benefits, company values, pictures of the workplace and a whole lot more. In addition, they may call on our team to get their employer profile and even postings to be as appealing to future candidates as possible.<\/p>\n

All these services and functionalities have made our platform stand out but have also helped in earning the trust of thousands of businesses. As Annie Beaumont, HR Director at Ressorts Libert\u00e9, has said: \u201cJobillico has been our \u2018recruiting accomplice\u2019 for several years. The platform\u2019s ease of use and automated referencing features save us a lot of time while boosting our visibility and recruiting range\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pascal Truchon, Products Director at Lecxeco, agrees: \u201cSupport to employers is always great. The team is able to handle our questions and they do so quickly. What\u2019s more is that the web interface is easy to use and meets all our needs. We save loads of time when we post jobs on the web site\u201d.<\/p>\n

Jobseekers haven\u2019t been left out either: Jobillico has designed an easy-to-use job search platform that lets them stand out individually. They may sign up for job alerts, follow their favorite businesses, upload their resume to our databank and fill out their personal profile to highlight what they\u2019re best at.<\/p>\n

Thousands of \u2018Perfect Matches\u2019 have thus been created over the last 7 years. Such was the case for Yann, a young programmer from Qu\u00e9bec City: \u201cJobillico has helped me find a stimulating job that fits my personality at Groupe Dallaire. I\u2019ve worked there for 3 years already!\u201d Our platform also simplifies job searches for people such as Rapha\u00eblle, a young mother who is about to return to the job market: \u201cJobillico really targets those job opportunities that match my professional profile!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jobillico: Leading by Example<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Jobillico\u2019s slogan, \u201cYou\u2019ll be happier\u201d, is actually much more than that. It is a vision that is as much at the center of our business relationships as of every aspect of our daily work. Guided by such values as collaboration, determination, evolution and generosity, the company prides itself on ensuring the happiness of its employees at work.<\/p>\n

Our employees are at the heart of every single activity; they act as our representatives daily and are, in large part, the source of our success. Expressing our gratitude to them is a priority. This translates into a relaxed atmosphere at the office, our attention to their needs, a lighter schedule over the summer time, well-designed kitchens and lounges or inspirational quotes on our walls!<\/p>\n

Moreover, this is a concrete demonstration of what powerful employer branding really is. The job market has changed a lot in recent years. Workers are now more than ever looking for an employer that matches their values and that can provide a fulfilling environment. All our efforts aim to stand out as an employer, to attract the best talent and, importantly, to retain it!<\/p>\n

From a day-to-day perspective, happiness at work for our employees takes different forms. For Audrey, our Web Community Manager, it\u2019s about being yourself: \u201cWhat makes me happy at Jobillico is that I not only have great freedom in my work, but that I also have colleagues with the resilience to put up with the madness I generate each day!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Jobillico, there\u2019s a great family-like atmosphere! We also have a high-octane social club that cooks up a huge diversity of activities in and out of the office. We\u2019re all really happy here!\u201d says Maud, our Administrative Assistant. Sporting events as well as cultural and community activities are set up all around the year to help build tighter bonds between employees. This is a simple, fun and fool-proof way to get to know co-workers outside of office life!<\/p>\n

Projects by the Boatload!<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Today, the little company of a handful of employees has more than 100 professionals, all passionate about online recruiting, working in Qu\u00e9bec and Ontario. With all this talent at hand, Jobillico is soaring to new heights! Our team thinks up ideas and innovative projects by the boatload, all with the same goal: make people happier at work.<\/p>\n

To keep in touch with projects at Jobillico, follow us on Facebook!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Jobillico! Wow! It\u2019s been 7 years since Jobillico first went online! On this happy occasion, we thought we\u2019d share with you how this company, founded in 2010 by 2 young visionaries from the Province of Qu\u00e9bec, has become […]","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles-tendances"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6915"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11230,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6915\/revisions\/11230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jobillico.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}