The technology helping retail operators solve the retail staffing challenge
The retail landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. The rise of online shopping and delivery, digital experiences, augmented reality and shifting economics are transforming shopping malls. Simultaneously, the nature of work itself is changing, as a Gen-Z...
Get Ready for the Most Popular Interview Questions
You’ve got to be ready if you want to thrive in your interviews! You’ll need to be knowledgeable about the job requirements and aware of the pertaining skills in order to match yours. Why do employers embrace these questions? It’s quite simple really, they’ll share...
Give your Best First Impression
We are all aware that first impressions are crucial during any meeting or encounter. Who’s never regretted their actions during a first encounter? Whether it be mumbling our words, incapable of controlling certain gestures, or just flat out become awkward…we all...
Fast-working
The hidden skills of work consumers Say all you want about millennials and their phones, the age of communication is here to stay. Everything goes faster, and the minds of the younger generations are already adapted: fast-food, fast-dating, fast-fashion, and now,...
Which Field Do I Pursue A Career In?
Winter is shortly coming to an end, we can feel it, or eager to feel it! However, you’re not really thinking about any of this. You’re rather more stressed than relieved that winter is over because it means that you’ll have to make THE decision. Apparently the biggest...
Recruit your best team ever in 2017!
New Wirkn Manager Dashboard makes it easier and faster to post jobs and screen candidates It’s the start of a fresh new year — and time to dive into all those lofty New Year’s resolutions! With the hectic holiday retail season winding down, now is a great time to...
When to make friends at work (and when not to)
If you’re like most North Americans in the work force, your job takes up the majority of your day. We spend a lot of time with our colleagues. The tendency to make friends at work is strong, and it is only natural that our work and social lives blend. We are social...
Don’t Freak Out! You Can Still Land a Summer Job in July
It’s not too late to get a summer job. While many employers have already hired seasonal help, new job opportunities pop up year-round, and mid-summer is no exception. The retail and restaurant industries typically experience high employee turnover, and around this...
Wirkn makes finding and applying for a job even easier!
We are excited to announce the release of our fully redesigned web-based job search experience. Finding and applying to jobs from your browser is now a whole lot easier (and might we add, better looking too!). When we launched the web version of our job search...
Malls turn to mobile video applications to help fill 1000 new positions
Metrotown at Metropolis and Tsawwassen Mills get Wirkn While shopping malls are meccas for trend-forward shoppers, they are also one of the leading employment destinations in the world. In the United States alone, malls employ more than 12-million people, accounting...