Once upon a time….
In 1995 Whistler hit a growth spurt. The beautiful little mountain town was busy building its first High School and cutting the ribbon on what would become Marketplace and Town Plaza centres. The resort was buzzing: World Cup was coming, the hotels were booking out and local housing was scarce.
Whistler urgently needed fresh workforce talent to support its evolution. Entrepreneur and visionary, Cathy Goddard, took notice and wisely founded Whistler’s Personnel Solutions, a company dedicated to “filling shoes” for local businesses.
“When I started, most Whistler businesses had no idea what an employment agency actually did so there was a lot of groundwork needed to explain how it all worked”Cathy Goddard, Founder
In the early days, Cathy was focused on recruiting skilled professionals, particularly for accounting, administration, and management roles. Whistler Personnel’s temp staffing services were a brand new concept at the time and required even more nurturing to educate business owners on the benefits of filling staffing gaps with skilled temp workers.
Cathy looks back at the decade that she spent building Whistler’s Personnel Solutions with great fondness and said: “it stands out as a true career highlight for me… (it was) a meaningful role in the Sea to Sky business community and (provided) endless opportunities to learn, stretch and grow.”