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Why you’ll love working with us

• We work as an extension of your business and brand. We support you from scoping the role to welcoming your employee back, and we keep searching until you're satisfied with your contractor.
• We're consultative, helping you decide whether to backfill the full role, spread some duties across the team or bring in a more senior contractor for a critical period.
• We adapt as leave plans change. Return dates shift and leaves get extended, so we adjust the contract with you and, when it makes sense, support converting your contractor to a permanent role.
• We're communicative, keeping you informed through the search and checking in during the contract so there are no surprises before the return date.
• We put our whole team behind you, and our network of 1,000,000+ candidates too, including many experienced professionals who prefer defined-term contract work.
• We work onshore, in Canada. Altis is 100% Canadian owned and operated, so you're working with a team that knows Canadian leave timelines and your market.
• We go beyond the resumé, looking for people who can step into someone else's work with confidence, presenting only our top choices and explaining in detail why we selected each one.

We validate our candidates

A leave contractor often steps into a role with little ramp-up time and a lot of trust, so it matters that they're exactly who they say they are. With many candidates using ChatGPT and other AI tools to write resumés and cover letters, we take the time to validate skills and experience before anyone joins your team.

• We interview every candidate face to face (either in person or over video).
• We ask questions built around your role, co-developed with you, to see how a candidate thinks on the spot and how quickly they'd pick up work already in progress.
• We verify all credentials, including designations, education and more.
• We provide testing and screening on request, including technical and competency-based assessments.
• We conduct a range of checks when appropriate, using a third party for background, criminal and credit checks.
• We check references prior to all employment offers.

We balance speed with quality

Some leaves are planned months ahead and others start tomorrow, and we'll meet you where you are. Either way, we run a full search and validate each candidate before sharing our shortlist.

In a rush? These factors impact the speed of our search:

• The job title and technologies in use
• Total compensation, including salary, vacation, benefits
• Work model (remote/hybrid/onsite)
• Years of experience required in specific sectors/industries
• The leave start date and expected length

We strive to meet the following timelines:

Administrative roles:

• Acknowledgement of Requests: Within 2 hours
• Resumes provided: 1-3 business days
• Same-day requirement: Candidate located within 1 hour

Specialist roles:

• Acknowledgement of Requests: Within 2 hours
• Resumes provided: 2-5 business days
• Same-day requirement: We'll collaborate to meet shorter timelines as needed

Note: For unique roles that require extensive searching and tapping our referral network, the timeline may be longer. We communicate with you at every step and share the results of our search as we progress.