Rural Recruitment Made Easier With Support From Keys

Submitted by Keys | Jul 10, 2025

In rural communities across Frontenac County, employers are facing a common challenge: how to attract and retain staff without the resources of an HR department or a large local talent pool. At KEYS Employment & Newcomer Services, we understand the realities of doing business in smaller, more remote communities—and we’re here to help.

For over 40 years, KEYS has partnered with businesses across Eastern Ontario to make hiring easier, more effective, and less costly. If you run a small to medium-sized business and rely mostly on local residents to keep your operations going, KEYS can be a game-changer.

Hiring Help You Can Count On
Our Employer Services Consultants work directly with you to understand your staffing needs. We match you with local, job-ready candidates and offer support every step of the way—from job posting to shortlisting applicants and organizing interviews. We’ll even accept resumes on your behalf.

Need to fill roles fast? Our popular online job board sees high traffic from local job seekers, and we’ll post your job for you if you don’t have the time.

Job Fairs That Work for You
Instead of spending hours trying to reach individual candidates, let us organize a job fair for your business. We’ll coordinate the event, promote it, secure a venue, co-host it with our expert staff, and even share in advertising costs. In a single day, you can meet dozens—sometimes hundreds—of motivated job seekers.

Wage and Training Incentives
We know hiring someone new comes with risk. That’s why KEYS can help you access government-funded incentives—up to $4,000 per hire—to offset the cost of wages and on-the-job training. These incentives are flexible and designed to help your new staff ramp up to full productivity while reducing your financial burden.

Train and Retain with Confidence
KEYS can also help your team grow stronger through training programs in Smart Serve, Service Excellence, Fall Arrest, and more. And if you’re looking to build a more welcoming, inclusive, or accessible workplace, we offer HR support, seminars, and resources to guide you.

We’re Local, Too
With our new office in Sharbot Lake and services available across Central and South Frontenac, KEYS is part of your community. Our services are confidential, free, and customized for your business needs.

Visit us at www.keys.ca/employer-services

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Post your position directly on our job board https://keys.ca/jobs-2/post-a-job/

Let KEYS help you build a reliable, local workforce—right here at home.