Small Business Hiring Just Got Easier

 “At most companies people spend 2% of their time recruiting, and 75% managing their mistakes.”


– Richard Fairbank, Founder & CEO Capital One

Having trouble finding the time you need to actually get your hiring done, right?  We Can Help …

Sick and tired of wondering if your next hire is going to be the right one?
Are you looking for someone who truly gets you and your company’s values, who understands the job you need them to do, and who actually gets it done right?

Let us take all the time consuming hiring tasks off your desk. You’ll have far less stress and far more time to spend doing what you do best, running your business!And you will rest easy knowing that you will be hiring the best qualified, highly skilled employee available in your marketplace.

Not only that, we guarantee that when you make the decision to hire, you’ll be hiring the exact right person for the job (see back of page). Someone who has all the skills, and equally important, someone whose values are in line with you and your company.

Here’s how …

It starts with asking the right questions:

  • What qualities are essential to someone’s success in your organization?
  • What are your company’s core values?
  • What are the expectations you bring to the table when you evaluate candidates?
  • What is your hiring process? Who’s involved?  Who makes the final decision?
  • What are the deliverables and performance benchmarks for a new employee’s onboarding and probationary period?

We listen to your answers, learn about your needs, and then 

We Get to Work

Job Profiling

  • We prepare a complete job description including a list of required activities and deliverables including performance benchmarks for the new employee’s first 3-6 months.

Candidate Sourcing & Screening

  • We proactively target and source qualified candidates focusing the BC Okanagan/ Interior, Lower Mainland, and Western Provinces.
  • We thoroughly interview and evaluate each qualified candidate for your position on the basis of experience, skills, values, attitude and behavioural competencies.
  • Career advertising: Ashton & Associates will be responsible for developing, placing and paying for any and all recruitment advertising for the position in question, unless otherwise discussed and agreed in advance.

Profiling & Presentation

  • Short-listed candidates are presented to you with profiles of their qualifications and experience specifically for your needs.
  • Candidate introductions will include interview notes and information pertaining to motivation, career interests, availability, and compensation.

More Screening

  • Employment References – we will investigate, document and present a minimum of three employment references.
  • Criminal Record Search & Driver’s Abstract – we will undertake a Criminal Record Search and, if applicable, secure a BC Driver’s abstract for the finalist candidate/s.


Our 6 month Guarantee Provision

… In the event the candidate you hire does not perform, as is discussed and agreed to in writing prior to their commencing employment, or leaves without demonstrating just cause, and provided all terms and provisions of this agreement have been met, we immediately provide replacement services at no cost to you.


Let us Fill Your Hiring Needs.

Ashton & Associates uses a proven, systematic approach to recruiting the right candidate for your opening. Whether it’s a temporary hire or an executive search for new C-suite talent, you’re getting a results based recruitment method designed to bring you the right person, every time.

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