Finch Employment

York Region recruitmentProfessional recruitment for Richmond Hill employers

Finch helps Richmond Hill practices, offices and business-park employers hire qualified professionals, with every search run from our North York office near Dufferin Street and Steeles Avenue.

Sales and marketing team planning a campaign in a meeting room

Richmond Hill runs north along Yonge Street from Highway 7 to Oak Ridges and Lake Wilcox, with the Oak Ridges Moraine covering much of its northern part. Most of the city's business activity sits in the south: the commercial hub at Leslie Street and Highway 7 on the Markham border, the Beaver Creek Business Park around West Beaver Creek Road, and the Headford business park bounded by Leslie Street, Highway 404, 16th Avenue and Major Mackenzie Drive. Neighbourhoods such as Mill Pond, Bayview Hill and Jefferson are largely residential and supply much of the local talent.

Many Richmond Hill employers are small: professional practices, owner-run firms and regional offices with a handful of staff and nobody dedicated to HR. For them, a poor hire is expensive and a long vacancy is worse. Finch takes the search off your desk. We write the job description with you, advertise it, approach candidates who already live in or near Richmond Hill, screen them properly and set up the interviews. You make the final decision, and we handle the legwork that would otherwise land on the owner or office manager.

Areas we serve in Richmond Hill

  • Richmond Hill Centre
  • Yonge Street corridor
  • Beaver Creek Business Park
  • Headford
  • Oak Ridges
  • Mill Pond
  • Bayview Hill
  • Jefferson
  • Elgin Mills
  • Langstaff
  • Gormley

Local hiring

What Richmond Hill employers are hiring for

Hospital and community health

Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital has long been one of the city's major employers, and Mackenzie Health runs it alongside Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital. Clinics, diagnostic labs and medical offices in Richmond Hill hire nurses, nurse practitioners, medical laboratory technicians and medical office assistants from the same pool. We confirm Ontario registration where it applies and look for people comfortable in a busy community practice.

Nursing & medical staff recruitment →
Physicians & doctors recruitment →

Beaver Creek and Headford offices

The business parks near Highway 7, Leslie Street and Highway 404 hold technology distributors, IT services firms and corporate head offices, part of the tech cluster that runs along the Markham border. Employers here hire systems and network administrators, help desk analysts, sales representatives and account managers who can sell technical products to business customers. We test technical skills and ask for references from recent managers.

IT support & cybersecurity recruitment →
Sales & marketing recruitment →

Professional practices

Richmond Hill's professional practices, from dental offices and pharmacies to law, accounting and mortgage firms, hire dental hygienists, pharmacists, law clerks, bookkeepers and licensed mortgage agents. We check CDHO, Ontario College of Pharmacists and FSRA licence status where the role needs it, and for law clerks we ask about real estate and corporate file experience, since those files make up much of a suburban practice.

Dental recruitment →
Legal recruitment →
Mortgage & lending recruitment →

Richmond Hill Centre

At Yonge Street and Highway 7, Richmond Hill Centre already ties together Viva rapid transit, YRT routes and Langstaff GO station by a pedestrian bridge. The city's plan treats it as a new downtown built around the planned Yonge North Subway Extension, with a station proposed at High Tech Road. Property managers, building owners and office tenants there need property managers, administrators and facilities staff.

Property & facilities recruitment →
Real estate recruitment →
Office & administration recruitment →

Working with Finch in Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill is a straightforward trip from our office near Dufferin and Steeles: east along Steeles to Yonge Street, or onto Highway 407 for the business parks near Leslie Street and Highway 404. We can meet at your practice or office by appointment, or you can come to us on Alness Street. For a small practice, a phone call often works best as a first step, scheduled around patients or clients rather than during your busiest hours.

After you approve the job description and pay the retainer, we advertise the position and reach out to people living in Richmond Hill, Aurora, Markham and north Toronto, because a short commute matters for roles that open early or close late. We verify licences, credentials and references, confirm each candidate can already work in Canada, and send a shortlist with our notes. We schedule interviews, help you shape the offer and follow up once the new hire has settled in.

  1. Consultation

    Tell us about the role, your team and your timeline. We agree on a retainer and fees tailored to the position.

  2. Retainer & search

    Your retainer starts the search. We advertise, source and screen candidates for you.

  3. Shortlist & interviews

    You meet only suitable candidates. We arrange every interview.

  4. Hire & follow-up

    We manage the offer and check in after your new hire starts.

Retainer-based recruiting. Fees are tailored to every position, and a retainer up front starts your search.Book a consultation

Recruiting in Richmond Hill: common questions

We are a small dental or medical office in Richmond Hill. Is a retainer search worth it?

For a practice without an HR department, the retainer pays for a recruiter to handle the posting, screening and interview booking that would otherwise fall on the owner or office manager. The fee for your position is agreed before we begin. Because we check registration and references first, your limited time goes into interviewing a few suitable people instead of sorting applications.

Do you recruit IT staff for firms in Beaver Creek and Headford?

Yes. We recruit help desk analysts, systems and network administrators, cybersecurity analysts and technical account managers for employers in Richmond Hill's business parks. Candidates complete a practical screen on the platforms you use, such as Microsoft 365, Active Directory or your ticketing system, and we confirm any certifications they list before you meet them.

Can you find candidates for a workplace in Oak Ridges?

Yes. Workplaces in Oak Ridges, around Lake Wilcox, draw most easily on people who drive or who already live in northern York Region, including Aurora and King. We raise location, parking and working hours in the first screening call, which keeps your shortlist to candidates who are comfortable with the trip and likely to stay in the role.

Tell us who you need in Richmond Hill

Tell us who you need. A Finch recruiter will call you back within one business day to talk through the role and retainer.

Call 416-551-6111
Office visits by appointment only