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We invented hockey.
We invented basketball.
We invented the baseball glove.
We invented the telephone.
We invented the kitchen stove.
We invented the zipper.
We invented insulin.
We have one of the top education systems.
We have a low crime rate.
We introduced peace-keeping.
We even made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
Not too shabby.

Enjoy your Canada Day celebrations!

We hope that our American clients enjoy their Memorial Day and take a moment to commemorate those fallen soldiers who make it possible for all of us to continue to enjoy our freedom and way of life.

Multi-Health Systems (MHS) used UVR to hire their new Training Specialist and Marketing Manager (Emotional Intelligence division). Congratulations to new hires Daniela Kwaitkowsi and Esther Naismith.

With offices in North America and Europe, MHS is a psychological publishing company specializing in the development and global distribution of psychological assessments and tests. For over 25 years, the company has been publishing best-in industry psychological assessments and providing leading solutions for use in clinical, educational, forensic, pharmaceutical, corporate and research settings around the world.

MHS's Emotional Intelligence division offers a full spectrum of Emotional Intelligence instruments and reports to handle any assessment initiative from individual development to team and organization-wide programs. The division also works with many prominent colleges and universities to develop student potential and increase retention.

Sigvaris took advantage of UVR to cost-effectively add 10 proven hunters, a Regional Sales Manager (BC) and Marketing Manager to its Canadian team for a fraction of traditional recruiting costs. The new recruits will serve effectively in key markets across the nation.

With operations in Canada, the US, Europe and Brazil, Sigvaris is the leading producer of medical compression stockings for treatment of venous disease. Combing medical research and the latest technologies in the textile intelligence field, the company's lines of compression socks and hosiery blend high quality, proven medical efficacy, comfort and fashion into solutions that prevent and manage venous leg problems that affect 50% of the population.

iMetrik recently used UVR to hire their new Senior Marketing & Communications Manager, Rory Griffin as well as Inside Sales Representatives, Gabriel Robert and Kira Cawker. Since discovering UVR, iMetrik now recruits for a fraction of the fees charged by traditional recruiting firms.

Recognized as one of the Top 100 machine-to-machine (M2M) technology providers of importance and influence by M2M magazine, iMetrik is a global leading designer and manufacturer of embedded wireless solutions that enable companies to effectively monitor and control remote assets.

Their compact devices, extensive network and applications help clinetele like car dealers, rental agencies, insurance firms and leasing companies to immediately benefit from improved security, surveillance and delinquency management.

Montreal's ZeroFail used UVR to cost-effectively recruit and hire their new Junior Project Manager/Process Champion (Laura Serna) and Jr.Accountant/Office Administrator (Ray Geronimo).

With offices in Montreal and New York, ZeroFail is an award-winning provider of turnkey, outsourced and fully-managed IT infrastructure services and solutions. Serving over 400 clients including the National Department of Defense, Rogers and Air Canada, the company has been twice recognized by PROFIT magazine as one of Canada's fasting growing companies and was also identified by the National Post as one of the Top 25 companies to watch.

Why pay 20% to 30% of salary for recruitment fees? Grand & Toy paid only 3% to add two new team members. While realizing savings of 83% to 89% compared to traditional recruiting methods, Grand & Toy used UVR to find their new District Sale Manager in Saskatchewan (Sandy Campbell) and Product Specialist in Ottawa (Steven Drader).

The company is continuing to benefit from massive savings as they use UVR on additional mandates to grow their winning team nationwide.

Grand & Toy is one of Canada’s largest commercial office products company with thousands of associates, over two dozen sales offices and a coast-to-coast network of distribution centers and retail locations. Capitalizing on emerging technologies and business trends, the company offers Canadian businesses a comprehensive selection of the latest in high-quality office supplies, technology solutions, office furniture and essential professional services, including HR management, web design, hosting and more.

Waste Management's Brampton division has used Ultimate Value recruiting to hire 27 employees at a cost that is 50% to 67% less than fees charged by traditional recruiting firms.

Congrats to WM"s recent additions Brian Gillespie (Pricing Analyst), Steven Taylor, Ian Walterhouse, Stefan Kim and Bobby Bhar (Outside Sales Representatives), Moe Salama (Account Manager), Emmanuel Efraimidis (Market Area Sales Manager), Darryl Serafini (HR Generalist) and Mark Verschoote (Inbound Account Manager).

Toronto-based Total Security Management (TSM) recently used our proven UVR services to hire security personnel in Ontario and Alberta as well as their new Sales Manager, Karen Hagler.

Recognized as one of the top emerging Canadian growth companies, TSM is an industry leading provider of multi-disciplinary professional security management and consulting services. Headquartered in Toronto, this ISO 9001: 2000 certified company delivers security systems, consulting, investigations and manpower to an international client list that includes many Fortune 500 companies in the financial services, retail, real estate, manufacturing and biotechnology sectors.

Montreal-based e-business firm SimboliQ recently used Ultimate Value Recruiting to find and hire its new CRM Programmer, Jim Theofanous.

Providing technology solutions and services to organizations across a wide array of industries, SimboliQ best-in-class and customized offerings include Microsoft CRM, e-commerce systems, content management systems, Web application development, Intranet/Extranet development and Internet marketing services.

The Montreal Gazette recently contacted CHC President Mark Halloran to contribute to an article titled "What It Takes To Be A CEO". Featured on the front page of the Saturday edition's Working section, the article examined the characteristics shared by successful executives today and provided insights into how they can be developed.

"People with executive potential communicate effectively and are able to convey the extent of their accomplishments," Halloran was quoted as saying. "They open up in interviews and freely discuss what they've done with a sense of confidence. They can talk about the impact they've had on the organization. Great leaders know what they are good at and what their weak areas are - and they are not ashamed to talk about both.

While many executive qualities may appear to be innate, career experts know that they can be cultivated. If your goal is to reach the executive level, start by advising your employer of your goal. Find out what is required to be successful in your organization."

Les Aliments O'Sole Mio recently used CHC's UVR to find their new IT Leader (Wilson Low), Electrical Controls Engineer (Javier Rodriguez), Controls Mechanic Engineer (Ovidiu Burlec-Plaies) and Quality Assurance & Quality Control Food Safety Manager (Khalid Laatmani) for their 48,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant (soon to double in size) in Boisbriand, Quebec. By using UVR, the company saved over 70% compared to traditional recruiting costs. Impressed with the service and the savings, O'Sole Mio has engaged UVR to fill additional positions in the organization.

Bringing the freshest flavours of Italy home to its customers,
O'Sole Mio is a leading food manufacturer distributing the finest quality pastas and sauces to major grocery stores in Quebec (i.e. Loblaws, IGA, Provigo, Metro), as well as elsewhere in Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Rememberance Day: With two minutes of silence on November 11th, you can pay your respects to the valiant soldiers, sailors and airmen who sacrificed themselves for our freedom. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in. Our own future is their monument.

Is our UVR service really that effective? Our work (and invoices) speak for themselves. Congratulations to these clients and new hires who recently benefited from our UVR service (while saving up to 90% compared to the cost of hiring traditional recruiting firms):

• TOTAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT and their new Business Development Executive for Toronto, Justin Milburn.
  
  
• PULP AND PAPER PRODUCTS COUNCIL and their new Marketing & Communications Managers, Wendy Hernandez & Jennifer MacDonald.
  
  
• ZEROFAIL and their new Bookkeeper, Maryse Richer.
  
  
• iMETRIK and their new Inside Sales Representatives, Gabriel Robert and Kira Cawker.
  
  
• ACASS LTD. and their new Executive Assistant, Martine Hamel.
  
  
• ICS TECHNOLOGIES and their new SQL Developer, Luc Chamberland.

After Waste Management's Brampton office used CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting to cost-effectively hire 23 employees, WM's Southwestern Ontario Division in Waterloo also took advantage of our proven service. This division of Waste Management has used UVR to hire 7 new team members at a cost that is about 80% less than fees charged by traditional recruiting firms.

The North American leading provider of world-class waste management services welcomes the following new hires to their winning team:

Jennifer St. John (Billing Clerk)
Lawrence Lewin (Major Accounts Representative)
Anil Gupta (Senior Acountant)
Breanne Flynn (Accountant)

Exit Certified is happy with UVR after hiring two skilled employees at a cost that was 86% less than fees charged by traditional recruiting firms.Congrats to new Business Development Representatives Andrew Boucher and Michel Najm.

Exit Certified is an award-winning global IT education specialist providing vendor-authorized consulting and instruction to corporate and government clients in advanced fields such as servers and storage, programming, system administration, security, databases and project management. Operating a network of training facilities across Canada and California, the company provides authorized certified IT training for such vendors as IBM, Sun Microsystems, VERITAS, Symantec, MySQL, Linux, PMI, NetApps and Oracle.

Using our UVR service, ACASS Ltd. has cost effectively hired 22 team members since 2003. Congrats to their newest members, Kyla Matthews (Office Coordinator), Christina Stoian (Revenue Cycle Coordinator), Anne Renwick (Operations Assistant) and Rashid Bhatti (Project Coordinator-Aircraft Logistics).

By building their skilled team using Ultimate Value Recruiting service, ACASS has saved 25% to 40% on traditional recruiting costs on each of the 20 positions that Cobblestone has helped them to fill.

A leader in the corporate and private aviation support services industry, ACASS provides a broad range of customized travel support and consultation services, from charter and crew support, to fixed base operation, aircraft management, sales and acquisitions.

Intellera has found their new Project Manager/Business Analyst and Programmer/Analyst via UVR. Congratulations to Clinton Hess and David Gallaher on earning their new roles.

For over a decade, Intellera has been providing Business Intelligence and Workflow solutions that help companies to solve business process management challenges, measure performance and drive profitability.

Serving a core client base that includes professional, retail and distribution enterprises, Intellera helps their customers to develop robust solutions and effectively meet current and future data collection, query, reporting, workflow and analytical needs.

Trader Corporation used our UVR service to hire their new Account Executive for the Kitchener Ontario territory. Congrats to Shawn Bonnick on joining the Trader team.

A Canadian leader in print and online advertising, Trader Corporation publishes approximately 200 publications and 20 web sites covering four product verticals: automotive, real estate, general merchandise and employment. With a weekly readership of approximately 1 million and 3.5 million unique website visitors per month, Trader's brand portfolio includes Auto Trader, Auto Hebdo, Buy&Sell, The Bargain Finder, Renters News, VisiteNet, Homebase and Home Renters Guide.

CHC again supports the 11th Annual Bad Art-Good Cause event to raise money and awareness for local charities in the West Island.

This year's event will be held on November 10th at the Canvas Gallery in Lachine (870 Notre Dame). Tickets are $50 and on sale now at www.badartgoodcause.com.

The festivities run from 8 pm until 3 am. With quality socializing, networking, art, silent auction, raffle, door prizes (including an iPOD), live DJ, $3 drinks, gift bags and more, it promises to be a night to remember.
Be part of of a West Island tradition and support a great cause.

CHC Advanced Resume client Catherin Mitchell is now a Consultant with AON Consulting, an international risk management and insurance firm with 43,000 employees in 120 countries.

"My CHC Advanced Resume was a key tool in helping me to get the new job," says Catherin. "I had high expectations and was still amazed with the end result. The document and process gave me confidence in my job search."

We wish Catherin the very best in her new role.

Smart Media Works used UVR to hire their new Account Executive, Marc Tanguay, a CHC Advanced Resume client.

Reaching over 25 million unique visitors monthly while making over 300 million impressions, Smart Media Works represents well known Internet brands such as www.lycos.com, www.lycos.ca, www.angelfire.com, www.tripod.com and others.

We wish Marc the best of luck in his new role.

Montreal's ACASS Ltd. used UVR to hire 7 new employees and save significantly on their recruiting expenses.

ACASS is a leading provider of international corporate and private aviation support services - from charter and crew support, to fixed base operation, aircraft management, sales and acquisitions.

After recently taking advantage of CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service to cost-effectively add two team members, ACASS benefited from UVR again to further enhance their talent with 5 skilled individuals while saving 25% to 40% of traditional recruiting costs.

Congrats to new ACASS team members:

Melissa Farrel (Recruiter)
Dominique Prudhomme (Accounts Payable Coordinator)
Moreen Alcock and Trisha Lakatos (Project Coordinators).

Advanced Resume client William Anderson is the new Director of Investor Relations for RBC Royal Bank.

We wish William the best of luck in the new role.

The leading provider of world-class waste management services in North America benefited yet again from CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service.

After using UVR to recently add 12 new employees to their organization, Waste Management brought the total to 14 with the addition of new team members Cheryl North (Route Manager) and Michael Sorrenti (Account Manager for Barrie).

Congrats to Cheryl and Michael - and to Waste Management for realizing exceptional savings compared to traditional recruiting costs.

Our congrats to CHC Career Coaching and Advanced Resume Development client, Karen Hagler, who recently accepted a new position as a Strategic Account Executive with CN Worldwide North America. Karen enhances the CN team with her 15+ years of experience managing and driving sales in the logistics and transportation industries.

"The CHC team was an amazing resource in my job search," says Karen. "Their coaching and processes gave me confidence and career clarity and I was extremely well prepared for interviews. They definitely know what they're doing. The President of one company told me that my CHC Advanced Resume was the best and most comprehensive resume he had ever seen."

We look forward to seeing Karen excel in her new role.

Congrats to CHC client Dan Campbell who recently agreed to join Janssen-Ortho's PGM franchise as their Medical Representative in Ottawa.

Dan took advantage of both CHC's Career Coaching and Advanced Resume Development services to successfully transition to the next phase of his career. We wish him the best.

When the leading provider of world-class waste management services in North America wanted to find great people to enhance their team, they came to CHC.

Not only did Waste Management find the talent they needed, they saved 25% to 40% of traditional recruiting costs per position by taking advantage of CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service.

CHC is proud to have assisted Waste Management in finding their newest team members:

Michael Pokrajic (District Operations Manager)
Reg Taylor (Route Manager)
Desmond Bedasse and Rob White (Major Accounts)
Brad Foy (Retention Representative)
Vik Chauhan, Sarah Selhi, Jason Brun, Don Titus, Don Turner, Sean Yong and Jeff Kurian (Outside Sales Representatives)

Operating plants across Canada along with a network of farms and processors, Natural and Organic Food Group is a fully integrated, socially responsible leader in the production, processing, and distribution of organic and other niche meat and poultry products. The company is setting new standards for high quality and healthy organic products that deliver good health through food.

NOFG recently used CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service to costly effectively find their new Corporate Controller, Jean Francois Page, as well as their Office Manager, Celine St-Germain.

Montreal's ACASS Ltd. is a leading provider of international corporate and private aviation support services.

ACASS recently took advantage of CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service to cost-effectively build their skilled team - saving 25% to 40% of traditional recruiting costs in the process.

Congrats to new ACASS team members Christina Szondy (Recruiter) and Elias Galanis (Project Coordinator).

Congratulations to CHC coaching and Advanced Resume Development client Michelle Dani. Michelle has accepted a position with IBM as their Client Representative, Business Partners for Southwestern Ontario.

"Thanks to CHC for all your support and assistance," wrote Michelle. "I could not have handled it without your expert advice and encouragement."

We wish Michelle all the best in her new role.

Headquartered in Montreal and Plattsburg, Mountain View Bags is an international company offering manufacturing and private labelling of custom made products such as bags, umbrellas, wallets, and personal flotation devices.

The company recently took advantage of CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service to cost-effectively find their new Sales Assistant, Aimee Legault.

Congrats to CHC President Mark Halloran who recently won the MS Leadership Tribute Award as one of the top fundraisers for the Quebec Division of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Since founding and organizing his CHC Boxing Day for Charity Hockey Tournament in 2003, Mark and his tournament participants and valued event sponsors have raised over $35,000 for the MS Society of Quebec.

Toronto-based EF Educational Tours is a leading international private education company offering educational travel tours to High School teachers and their students.

The company recently learned the value of CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting when they expanded their sales team with 3 new members for a fraction of the cost of traditional recruiting methods.

Congrats to new Tour Consultants Heather MacCuaig, Ben Hutchison and Aaron David.

After two rewarding years at Evron Computer Systems, in Markham, CHC client Chris O'Neil has just joined BRT Solutions as the company's new Business Development Manager for Ontario.

BRT Solutions offers MCAD and PLM solutions and services to manufacturers and product developers worldwide, enabling them to pursue their product lifecycle management initiatives in a more flexible, tailored, and lower-risk way.

Chris is excited and fully-prepared to capitalize on the new opportunities at BRT Solutions and we wish him all the best.

The 7th Annual CHC Boxing Day for Charity Hockey Tournament was a great success and raised over $12,500 for the Quebec division of the MS Society of Canada.

Held on two rinks at the Excellent Ice complex in Kirkland, Quebec, the two division, 3-on-3 hockey event attracted 70 players and their families.

CHC thanks the players, volunteers, and all of the organizations that sponsored the tournament and donated prizes for our raffle and silent auction: Mission-Itech, Play It Again Sports, The Gazette, Mountain View Bags, ACASS, Waste Management, Tulett Matthews & Associates, RBC Dexia, Impact Marketing, Cunningham's Pub, Accuplast, Greenteam Landscaping, EMI Music Canada, Electrolux, Elements Promotional Products, Stanley Access Technologies, Mondor Lumber, Cambrian, HangUps, Canvas Gallery, Gourmet Chez Vous and the Excellent Ice complex in Kirkland.

With many people giving a little, we accomplished a lot. Thank you again for making a positive difference and touching lives at such a key time of the year.

Congrats to CHC executive coaching client Robert Gervais, President of Pre2Post, and his team on their outstanding work. The company has been selected as the winner for the "2006 Microsoft Impact Award" in the category of "Networking Infrastructure Solution of the year".
This award is given to the technology company having been most noticeable in the implementation of network infrastructures up to 250 workstations.

This honour rewards the hard work of a team committed to quality, strategic growth and providing valued clients with industry-leading solutions.

CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting serice has helped Toronto's EF Educational Tours to find and hire 5 new Tour Consultants who will sell domestic and international tours to educators across Canada.

EF Educational Tours is a leading international private education company offering escorted travel tours to teachers. With over 40 years of proven success, the organization facilitates learning by allowing students to experience the world's most captivating historic, cultural and natural wonders firsthand.

CHC has just signed an agreement with Brampton-based Waste Management Inc. to help the company recruit and build a Central Ontario sales team.

Waste Management is North America's leading provider of waste management services, offering comprehensive collection, recycling and disposal solutions to residential, commercial and industrial customers throughout Canada.

From curbside collection, municipal recycling and recovery programs to modern landfill and waste-to energy operations, this CHC client delivers innovative and unrivaled environmental services to millions of Canadians.

CHC's recruiting team recently helped long time client ACASS (All Corporate Aviation Support Services Ltd) to fill several key positions, including Pilot Recruiter, crew support specialists and project coordinators.

Montreal-based ACASS is a leading provider of corporate and private aviation support services - from charter and crew support, to fixed base operation, aircraft management, sales and acquisitions.

CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service recently helped TUI Telecom-IT to find the Key Account Representative they had been looking for.

TUI Telecom-IT is a telecom-IT specialist assisting customers across a broad base of industries through consulting, sales and customer support services. The company is a certified partner of Telco Systems, a leading provider of cost-effective, carrier-class enterprise solutions for high performance communications.

Our Montreal-based client Intellera recently used CHC's Ultimate Value Recruiting service to find and hire their new Software Developer.

Intellera provides Business Intelligence and Workflow solutions that help companies to solve business process management challenges, measure performance and drive profitability.

Serving a core client base that includes professional, retail and distribution enterprises, they help customers to develop robust solutions and effectively meet current and future data collection, query, reporting, workflow and analytical needs.

Congrats to CHC Advanced Resume client Tobi McGrory who has just accepted the role of Director, Program & Product Delivery, Retirement Market at BMO.

This is an excellent opportunity for Tobi to apply her proven leadership, financial and team management skills while working with all partners across the BMO family. We look forward to watching her excel in her new role.

Our congratulations go out to CHC coaching client William Anderson who has accepted a position with BMO Private Client Group starting mid-September.

After seven years of making valuable contributions at Scotiabank, William was excited and equipped to take on new challenges. We wish him the best of luck in the next phase of his career and look forward to watching him excel in his new role.

High fives go out to CHC client Stephane Tanguay, President of Greenteam Landscaping, for his company's big win at the 21st Annual Accolades Competition Gala.

Held by the the West Island of Montreal's Chamber of Commerce, the competition awards organizations that consistently deliver and promote business excellence. Greenteam won hands-down in the business category of Services - 50 employees or more - proving that they once again yards ahead of their competition.

Congrats to our client Oz Communications and the many newly hired team members we have helped them to find during their extensive hiring and growth phase.

Our Ultimate Value Recruiting service has enhanced the company with skilled professionals in the roles of Software Designers, Technical Requirement Analysts, Deployment Primes, Test Specialists and NOC Support Specialists, as well as Customization Manager, Training Specialist and Director of Quality.

Congrats to ACASS (All Corporate Aviation Services Ltd.) and the latest additions to their Crew Support Division. We're proud to have facilitated the hiring of Cristine Rychlicki (Pilot Recruiter), Grazia Lobasso and Helene Beauchamp (Project Coordinators - Crew Support & Pilot Placement). We look forward to watching you soar!

In addition to recruiting, our HR experts have helped ACASS to effectively build their HR infrastructure.

"CHC has been an instrumental partner in building our company and a high performance team," states Andre Khury, ACASS President and CEO. "Since signing on with them at the end of 2004, we have increased sales by 60% and personnel by 30%. I strongly recommend CHC to any company wanting to grow profitably and do the right things to achieve their goals."

The 6th Annual CHC Boxing Day for Charity Hockey Tournament was a great success and raised thousands of much-needed dollars for the MS Society.


Held on two rinks at the Excellent Ice complex in Kirkland, Quebec, the two division, 3-on-3 tournament attracted over 70 players and their families. With the proceeds of entrance fees, raffle, silent auction and the chuck-a-puck contest, we raised almost $12,000 for the Quebec division of the MS Society of Canada.


CHC thanks the players, volunteers, Itech founder Robin Burns (for being honorary host, dropping the puck and keeping things lively) and all of the organizations that sponsored the tournament and donated prizes for our raffle and silent auction: Air Canada, Play It Again Sports, Mission-Itech, Electrolux, The Gazette, Mountain View Bags, Greenteam Landscaping, The Trade Commission of Denmark, GTI Transportation, CTRC, ACASS, Elements Promotional Products, Stanley Access Technologies, Hannah Promotions, Mindset Media, Accuplast, Gourmet Chez Vous and the Excellent Ice complex in Kirkland.


With many people giving a little, we accomplished a lot. Thank you again for making a positive difference and touching lives at such a key time of the year.

At CHC, we pride ourselves on building the value of people in their careers and personal lives. Now long-time client and associate Samantha Walker is working with an organization known as Mindset Media to build the value of people on another front.


In Uganda, 30,000 children have been violently stolen from their parents at gun point. They're being brutally tortured. Raped. Forced to kill. And 50,000 others have to leave their homes and families every night - walking for hours in a dangerous exodus to escape rebel soldiers.


It has being called the world's most neglected humanitarian crisis. It continues because most people have no idea it is even happening. Don't be one of them.


Please visit www.actforstolenchildren.com today.

Congratulations to long-time Cobblestone friend Chad Schella on being named Director of Player Services for the Ottawa Senators. We wish Chad the best of luck in the new position and hope that the Sens have a great season.

CHC is proud to have contributed to the 3rd Annual Direct Energy Walk, Roll and Run for Roger's House and the Ottawa Senators Foundation.

Roger's House is a charitable foundation that helps children and families in their ongoing fight against cancer. The foundation was set up in honor of former Senator's coach Roger Neilsen who passed away two years ago after his own difficult battle with the disease.

If you would like to participate in the 3rd Annual Direct Energy Walk, Roll and Run for Roger's House, donations are tax deductible and online registration is easy and secure. For more information please email wrr@ottawasenatorsfoundation.com.

Don't miss the latest testimonial on the value of Cobblestone Human Capital services as Pre2Post's President Robert Gervais talks with Profit Magazine about the Cobblestone advantage.
You can find the article in our publications section - Coaching: The Power of Two.