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Smarter Hiring and Retention with AI

Discover how AI can help you recruit faster and retain top talent longer.
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The Quay, 100 Queens Quay East, 3rd Floor

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Struggling to hire and keep the right people?

Whether you’re a business owner, team lead, or manager, finding and retaining great talent is a challenge — especially without a big HR department. This session will show you how to use AI-powered hiring strategies to attract top candidates faster, improve onboarding, and keep your best people longer.

Get ready to walk away with a ready-to-deploy hiring toolkit, onboarding and upskilling blueprints, a real-time attrition dashboard, and a 30-day action plan—plus funding strategies to cover your costs.

No AI background needed. No consultants required. Just real solutions you can launch now.

Questions? 
Contact: Mary-Anne Meerasabeer | mmeerasabeer@bot.com

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for anyone responsible for hiring and retaining talent in a small or mid-sized business in Southern Ontario — across any sector. You don’t need to have “HR” in your title to benefit. 

Typical participants include:

  • Business owners and founders
  • Team leads and department managers
  • People & culture leads
  • Senior HR managers

Eligibility Criteria

Registered business in Ontario with at least two years of operations and a scalable, revenue-generating business model. If you're not sure you qualify, please register and a team member will follow up.

What You’ll Walk Away With

  • A résumé screener, bias-checked job ad, and DEI guardrails
  • A 90-day onboarding plan to reduce turnover and retain expertise
  • Personalized learning paths linked to real-time skills data
  • A predictive attrition dashboard using GPT and Power BI
  • A compliance pack to help you meet HR standards with speed and confidence
  • A 30-day pilot action plan to implement what you learned

Pain Points We’ll Address

  • Extended time-to-hire and offer ghosting
  • Turnover among early-tenure employees
  • Knowledge loss from retiring staff
  • Manual HR tasks slowing down strategic initiatives
  • Compliance concerns around bias, privacy, and pay equity
  • Budget pressure to improve outcomes without growing teams
  • Wearing too many hats to run a full hiring process

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Our Executive Certificates are designed for companies meeting the eligibility requirements outlined above. Your application will be reviewed by one of our team members, who will connect with you within 3-5 business days to discuss your program status.

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