About Us
Effective Placement Incorporated Company Information
The success of Effective Placement Incorporated is the based on the ability to forge exact matches that seamlessly bring together the employer’s needs and the employee’s skills. Drawing on more than three (3) decades of business experience Effective Placement Incorporated excels in developing and implementing processes that best fit the needs of the client business from a recruiting and a HR perspective.
Our niche area of mining, mineral exploration, and related industries ensures we at Effective Placement Incorporated work with small to midsized businesses that are growing and changing. We are known for specializing in identifying candidates who are redefining their career goals, and who are high achievers. As a multifaceted provider of HR solutions we assist companies that are growing rapidly in developing and implementing a HR infrastructure designed to meet the clients’ unique goals and circumstances.
Currently we work with clients across Canada, in North America, and further afield within the Pacific Rim to Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. We appreciate working with new companies and relish the opportunity to provide new clients with the "Effective Placement" advantage.
Professional Profiles
Marie-Helene Sakowski began her executive search career after relocating to Vancouver, from British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast in the mid 1996. She worked for a few local firms prior to starting Effective Placement Incorporated in 2000.
Clients in the mining and mineral exploration area have utilized Marie-Helene’s services in the area of Human Resource consulting. Human Resource services currently include:
- Developing an employer/employee brand
- Developing policies and procedures
- Developing in-house hiring and recruiting strategies
- Implementing change leadership strategies.
Marie-Helene received a Masters degree from Queens University in 1990. Prior to that Marie-Helene worked overseas in Papua New Guinea assisting with the placement of Canadian professionals in a variety of development projects including those requiring specialized community expertise within the mining sector.
Currently Marie-Helene teaches Human Resource Management at the University of Phoenix, Vancouver Campus. Her guest columns on recruiting and human resource issues have appeared in a variety of publications the most recent being Mid Canada Forestry & Mining.
Jan Steele joined Effective Placement Incorporated in 2004. Jan completed a Bachelor of Science degree with the University of Calgary in 1975. Jan has worked as a recruiter and a Human Resource consultant within the mining and resource sector for clients in Western Canada. She has worked on projects involving people in Indonesia, Egypt, and Pakistan. Jan’s expertise includes engaging and bringing foreign workers into Canada for specialized roles.
