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People First HR Services
Strengthening Canadian businesses with people-focused HR solutions
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Overview

Canadian HR experts providing full-cycle fractional and strategic HR services for 20+ years. A division of People Corporation.

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Number of Employees

51-200

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Consulting

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Regions

North America

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Countries

Canada

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Year of foundation

2001

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Structure

Privately Held

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Industry

Professional Services

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Offerings

Problems we solve

Helping Organizations Navigate Every Stage of the People Journey

We help organizations who need extra HR expertise without having to hire it in-house. Whether you don't have an HR team, are going through change, or need additional support for your current HR team, we provide solutions. We support organizations facing employee departures due to restructuring, termination, or retirement. We help businesses reduce exposure and provide risk mitigation. We guide organizations in moving their HR needs forward through best practices, completing HR assessments and providing feedback on HR programs. We help organizations build strong leadership for today and the future through succession planning, leadership readiness assessments, and executive team assessments.

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Consulting Solutions By Industry

Agriculture

Vast experience recruiting and providing HR solutions for agriculture organizations across Canada. People First HR supports agricultural businesses with executive search, talent acquisition, HR consulting, compensation planning, and organizational development tailored to the unique needs of the farming and agricultural sector. From seasonal workforce planning to leadership recruitment, the firm helps agriculture organizations build engaged teams and navigate the complexities of rural and agricultural employment.

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Construction

Extensive experience in construction industry recruitment and HR consulting. People First HR provides executive search, professional recruitment, outsourced HR services, and strategic HR consulting for construction companies. The firm understands the unique challenges of the construction sector including project-based staffing, safety compliance, skilled trades recruitment, and managing dispersed workforces across multiple job sites.

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Education

Deep experience serving educational institutions with recruitment and HR solutions. People First HR works with schools, universities, and educational organizations across Canada to recruit leadership, faculty, and administrative staff. Services include executive search for senior academic roles, HR consulting for educational institutions, compensation planning, and organizational development tailored to the academic environment.

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Finance

Proven track record recruiting and supporting financial services organizations. People First HR provides executive search, professional recruitment, and HR consulting services for banks, investment firms, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. The firm helps finance organizations attract top talent, develop compensation strategies, and build high-performing teams in a highly regulated and competitive industry.

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Healthcare

Vast experience in healthcare recruitment and HR solutions across Canada. People First HR serves hospitals, health systems, clinics, and healthcare organizations with executive search for clinical and administrative leadership, professional recruitment for healthcare roles, HR consulting, and organizational development. The firm understands the unique challenges of healthcare including regulatory compliance, shift work management, and recruiting specialized clinical talent.

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Information Technology

Extensive experience recruiting technology professionals and supporting IT organizations. People First HR provides executive search for technology leadership, professional recruitment for IT roles, and HR consulting services for technology companies. The firm helps tech organizations navigate rapid growth, attract specialized technical talent, and build innovative workplace cultures in a competitive talent market.

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Insurance

Proven experience serving insurance organizations with recruitment and HR solutions. As part of People Corporation, People First HR has deep connections to the insurance industry and provides executive search, professional recruitment, and HR consulting services for insurance companies, brokerages, and related organizations. Services include leadership recruitment, compensation planning, and organizational development tailored to the insurance sector.

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Manufacturing

Deep experience in manufacturing recruitment and HR consulting. People First HR serves manufacturing organizations across Canada with executive search, professional recruitment for production and operations roles, HR consulting, and organizational development. The firm's leadership includes manufacturing experience and understands the sector's unique challenges including skilled trades recruitment, shift work management, safety compliance, and workforce planning.

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Not-for-profit

Extensive experience recruiting and supporting nonprofit organizations across Canada. People First HR provides executive search for nonprofit leadership including CEO and executive director searches, professional recruitment, HR consulting, and organizational development tailored to the nonprofit sector. The firm understands the unique challenges nonprofits face including mission-driven cultures, board governance, volunteer management, and resource constraints.

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Professional Services

Proven track record serving professional services firms with recruitment and HR solutions. People First HR works with consulting firms, accounting practices, law firms, and other professional services organizations to recruit leadership and professional staff. Services include executive search, professional recruitment, HR consulting, compensation planning, and organizational development tailored to the professional services environment.

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Public Service & Municipalities

Extensive experience serving government and municipal organizations across Canada. People First HR was chosen by Economic Development Winnipeg to lead the search for their President and CEO, demonstrating expertise in public sector executive recruitment. The firm provides executive search, professional recruitment, HR consulting, and organizational development for federal, provincial, and municipal governments, understanding the unique requirements of public sector employment including transparency, equity, and public accountability.

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Retail

Experience recruiting and supporting retail organizations. People First HR provides executive search, professional recruitment, and HR consulting services for retail companies across Canada. The firm helps retail organizations navigate seasonal staffing, high-volume recruitment, employee engagement in customer-facing roles, and leadership development in a fast-paced, competitive industry.

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Tourism

Proven experience in tourism and hospitality recruitment and HR solutions. People First HR serves tourism organizations, hospitality businesses, and related service providers with executive search, professional recruitment, and HR consulting. The firm understands the seasonal nature of tourism employment, customer service excellence requirements, and the unique challenges of managing hospitality workforces.

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Transportation

Experience serving transportation organizations with recruitment and HR solutions. People First HR provides executive search, professional recruitment, and HR consulting services for transportation companies including trucking, logistics, and related organizations. The firm helps transportation companies recruit drivers and operations staff, manage compliance with transportation regulations, and build effective workforce strategies.

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Consulting Solutions By Capability

Career Development

Career support for students, employees, and retirees helping individuals navigate every stage of the career journey. This service provides guidance and tools for individuals at any career stage, from entry to exit, supporting informed career decisions and successful transitions. The offering addresses the full career lifecycle, helping students launch careers, employees navigate advancement and transitions, and retirees plan next chapters, combining assessment, coaching, skill development, and practical support tailored to each individual's circumstances and aspirations.

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Career Transition (Outplacement)

Career transition services supporting people through job loss with onsite services at the time of termination of employment. This offering provides compassionate, professional support during one of the most challenging moments in an employee's career. The service helps individuals navigate the emotional and practical aspects of job loss, offering immediate support and structured guidance to accelerate their transition to new employment opportunities while helping organizations manage workforce changes with dignity and care.

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Compensation and Total Rewards

Compensation and total rewards solutions to enhance organizational value proposition. This service designs comprehensive reward strategies that attract, retain, and motivate talent while aligning with organizational financial parameters and market realities. The offering encompasses base pay structures, incentive design, benefits architecture, and non-monetary rewards, creating integrated total rewards frameworks that strengthen the employee value proposition and support organizational talent objectives.

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Executive Search

Executive search services for senior management and executive level roles, including CEO searches. The firm was chosen by Economic Development Winnipeg in 2023 to lead the search for their next President and CEO, demonstrating capability in high-stakes executive placement. This service addresses critical leadership transitions by identifying, assessing, and securing top-tier executive talent for organizations across sectors, ensuring alignment between candidate capabilities and organizational strategic needs.

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Governance Consulting

Guidance and support for organizations looking to develop a governance framework for their business or non-profit. This service establishes the structures, processes, and practices that enable effective oversight, accountability, and decision-making at the board and senior leadership levels. The offering addresses governance design for both corporate and non-profit contexts, ensuring appropriate board composition, clear roles and responsibilities, effective meeting rhythms, and governance practices that balance oversight with strategic enablement.

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HR On Call

Unlimited phone and email support with 100+ HR templates, answering HR questions in real time. This service provides immediate access to HR expertise whenever questions or issues arise, eliminating the uncertainty and risk that comes with navigating complex HR situations alone. The offering combines responsive advisory support with a comprehensive library of ready-to-use HR templates and tools, enabling organizations to address HR challenges confidently and consistently while maintaining compliance and best practices.

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Leadership Development and Coaching

Leadership programming and coaching services that enable organizational culture. This service develops leadership capabilities at all levels, from emerging leaders to senior executives, through structured programs and personalized coaching engagements. The offering builds leadership competencies that drive organizational performance and culture, combining assessment, skill development, behavioral coaching, and ongoing support to create sustainable leadership impact aligned with organizational values and strategic direction.

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Organizational Development

Solutions for employee engagement, culture enhancement, and team effectiveness. This service addresses the human and organizational dynamics that determine whether strategies succeed or fail, working at the intersection of people, culture, and organizational design. The offering encompasses diagnostic work to understand current state, intervention design to address gaps and opportunities, and implementation support to embed sustainable change, creating organizations where people thrive and performance excels.

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Outsourced HR Services (HR @ Your Service)

Dedicated HR Consultant to manage HR needs with packages starting at 10 hours per month. This flexible service model provides organizations with professional HR expertise without the overhead of full-time HR staff. The offering delivers ongoing HR support tailored to organizational needs, handling everything from policy development and employee relations to compliance and strategic HR planning, enabling organizations to access senior HR capability on a scalable, cost-effective basis.

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Professional and Management Recruitment

Candidate sourcing and selection for professional and management roles below the executive level. This service provides comprehensive recruitment support for organizations seeking to fill critical professional and management positions. The offering encompasses end-to-end recruitment process management, from role definition and candidate sourcing through assessment, selection, and placement, ensuring organizations secure the right talent to drive operational and strategic objectives.

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Retirement Transition (Embark Program)

Support for individuals nearing retirement or career down-shift with tools, resources, and personalized support. This specialized service addresses the unique needs of individuals approaching the end of their primary careers, whether transitioning to full retirement or exploring encore career opportunities. The offering provides structured support for one of life's most significant transitions, helping individuals plan financially, emotionally, and practically for retirement or career down-shift, ensuring they move forward with confidence, purpose, and clarity about their next chapter.

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Succession Planning and Leadership Advisory

Succession planning, leadership readiness assessments, 360 leadership reviews, board composition and recruitment, and executive team assessments. This comprehensive service ensures organizational continuity and leadership strength through systematic talent review and development. The offering combines assessment methodologies to evaluate current leadership capability, succession planning processes to identify and develop future leaders, board-level advisory on composition and recruitment, and executive team effectiveness work to optimize senior leadership performance and dynamics.

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Training and Development

Customizable learning and development programs to support employee growth. The firm delivers virtual workshops including Employee Onboarding, Effective Communication, Unconscious Bias, Essential HR Practices, Termination Meetings, and Career Conversations, demonstrating breadth across critical people management topics. This service designs and delivers targeted learning interventions that build organizational capability, enhance employee performance, and support career progression, with content tailored to specific organizational contexts, challenges, and development priorities.

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Workplace Investigations and Mediation

Respectful workplace training, workplace investigations, and mediation services. This service addresses workplace conflicts, complaints, and potential violations through impartial investigation, mediation, and preventive training. The offering helps organizations maintain healthy, respectful work environments by providing expert investigation services when issues arise, facilitating resolution through mediation when appropriate, and building organizational capability to prevent and address workplace issues proactively.

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