Their loss, our gain: Canada positioned to lure top talent from U.S., recruiters say
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Jennie Massey is always on the lookout for talent.
She is a partner with executive search firm KBRS, which has an office in Moncton, and considers herself a matchmaker, actively recruiting senior level executives from around the world.
Right now, her eyes are on the United States.
Residents of the U.S. would typically make up between five and 10 per cent of applicants, but that number has ballooned since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president. It's now about 30 per cent.
"That is a significant increase in a relatively short period of time, and I only expect that to grow," she said.
Massey said she received 14 applications the morning after Trump's inauguration, mostly academic talent looking to join Canada's universities and colleges.
"We would usually get much, much fewer than that."
The number of job seekers is rising fast. Already, tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has eliminated an estimated 100,000 federal jobs through buyouts and mass layoffs.
Those cuts have been in several federal departments, including Defence, Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, and Justice. Other agencies, including USAID, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, have also been affected.
Trump has called it an effort to root out government waste and fraud and shrink a bloated federal workforce. But the so-called bloat next door could mean a boon for employers in Canada, including in fields such as health care, where there is great demand.
"I have been really encouraged by the number of medical professionals reaching out to us, looking for opportunities to move north of the border," Massey said.
She called this the moment "for us to inspire some … practising medical professionals in the U.S. that are thinking about Canada as a safe haven during what is a particularly challenging time."
Massey said Canada should be thinking about how to "identify and attract some of the best and the brightest … that might be keen to join our research institutes, our academic institutions, our government, our health-care organizations, our businesses and industries."
MacDonald Search Group recruiter Paul Cannon has also seen growth in interest from the south. He manages the company's offices in Eastern Canada, including one in Moncton, specializing in private industry.
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