Talent Management · Montreal

Finding the talent
that defines
your culture.
Trouver les talents
qui définissent
votre culture.

18+ years placing creative, technical, and executive talent in Technology, Software, AI, Video Games, VFX, Fintech, and VR — across Montreal, Toronto, Germany, and the U.S.A.

Ordre comme conseillère en ressources humaines agrée en exercice
CRHA Certified · Permis 99467
18+
Years experience
4
Countries served
Technology, Software & AI
Video Games & Fintech
VFX & VR
Administrative & Financial
Executive Leadership
Talent Acquisition · Employer Branding · Technology · Software · AI · Video Games · Fintech · VFX · VR · Retention Strategy · HR Consulting · Performance Management · Compensation Analysis · Talent Acquisition · Employer Branding · Technology · Software · AI · Video Games · Fintech · VFX · VR · Retention Strategy · HR Consulting · Performance Management · Compensation Analysis ·
Our values
01
Collaboration
Our clients are our partners. We work alongside you — not just for you — to understand your culture, your team, and your goals.
02
Transparency
Honest perspectives on every hiring decision. Clear, straightforward guidance that helps you move forward with confidence.
03
Perseverance
We don't stop at "good enough." We stay the course until the right talent is found and the right structures are in place.
Services

E+E Consulting supports both employers and employees through three core pillars — building the HR structure, communicating your brand outwardly, and finding the right people.

01
HR Consulting
Building the HR structure to support your culture
HR Policy Development & Review
Employee Relations & Performance Management
Onboarding & Offboarding Programme Design
Compensation & Benefits Advisory
Compliance & Employment Law Guidance
HR Audits & Organisational Reviews
Training & Development Planning
Workforce Planning & Organizational Design
HR Systems & Process Improvement
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Advisory
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02
Employer Branding
Positioning you as employer of choice
HR / Recruitment Marketing
Recruit, Retain and Engage
Define your Employer Value Proposition
Lower Cost and Time per Hire
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03
Talent Acquisition
Recruitment across Technology, Software & AI, Video Games, Fintech, Games, VFX, and VR
Talent Sourcing
Identify and Attract Qualified Candidates
Creating Job Descriptions & Role Definition
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Job offers
Stacey Shulak

Stacey Shulak

BA · CRHA · Talent Management Consultant

Ordre comme conseillère en ressources humaines agrée en exercice · Permis 99467

With over 18 years as an HR Business Partner and Recruiter, I specialize in placing both creative and technical contributors in video games, VFX, and increasingly in software and AI companies. I've helped scale studios like Felix & Paul, placing Developers, 3D Artists, Editors, Finance, Administrative, and Camera Development Engineers.

E+E Consulting has partnered with growing studios across Montreal, Toronto, Germany, and the U.S.A. I have a particular passion for start-ups — building and implementing the structure that lets teams perform at their best.

Video Games VFX AI & Software Fintech VR / AR Start-ups Montreal Toronto Germany U.S.A.
Testimonials

"Her focused and personalized approach to both recruitment and HR elevates her from simple service provider to true partner. I can always count on Stacey for an honest perspective on keeping employees engaged, aligned, and retained."

Justin Vazquez
Executive Producer · Elastic Games

"Stacey is a passionate HR specialist that is determined to help. She will go to great lengths to provide solutions and improve HR processes for her clients. Simply delightful to work with."

Kim Pasquin
General Manager · Nvizzio

"Elle a su trouver des gens qui partagaient la même culture que notre studio — du talent compétent et rapidement. Son support est essentiel pour le bon maintien de notre entreprise."

Amélie Lamarche
Co-founder · Scavengers
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Strategic Partners
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E+E Consulting

Strategic Partners

We've built a trusted network of specialists across HR technology, talent, real estate, and government funding — to bring our clients the expertise they need, beyond recruitment.

Syndesus
AI & Machine Learning Talent

A talent partner that connects companies with senior AI and machine-learning specialists from a curated North American talent pool.

BambooHR
HR Software

An all-in-one HR software platform that manages employee data, hiring, onboarding, payroll, performance, and other HR processes.

Sparkbay
Employee Engagement

An employee engagement platform that collects real-time feedback and provides insights to improve retention and workplace culture.

Collage HR
HR & Payroll · Canada

A Canadian all-in-one HR and payroll platform that centralizes employee data and automates HR workflows.

R&D Partners
Government Funding & Grants

A consulting firm that helps companies secure government funding, tax credits, and grants for research and development and innovation projects.

Recon Realties
Commercial Real Estate

A boutique commercial real estate brokerage focused on industrial and office leasing, sales, and off-market investment opportunities.

Empower Through Sports
Corporate Team-Building Workshops

A Montreal-based partner running sports and movement-based corporate workshops — trust-building, collaboration, and conflict-resolution activities that strengthen teams in the boardroom or out in the field.

E+E Consulting

Personalized Coaching Sessions

Tailored coaching designed to provide you with the tools, strategies, and support you need to thrive in your professional journey.

Areas of focus
Professional Coaching

Career Coaching

Navigate your career path with clarity and confidence. Whether you're starting out, making a move, or exploring what's next, I'll help you position yourself for success.

  • Job search strategy & networking
  • LinkedIn profile & personal branding
  • Interview preparation & STAR method
  • Resume & cover letter coaching
  • Career transitions & pivots
  • Salary negotiation
Professional Coaching

Leadership & Executive Coaching

Develop your leadership presence and impact. I support leaders and executives in building high-performing teams, making confident decisions, and navigating complex organizational challenges.

  • Executive presence & visibility
  • Team building & culture
  • Strategic decision-making
  • Change management & transformation
  • Delegation & accountability
  • Transition to leadership roles
Specialized Support

ADHD Coaching

Helping you build clarity, structure, and confidence. I support individuals with ADHD in developing practical tools that work with your brain, not against it.

  • Organization and planning
  • Focus and productivity
  • Accountability and follow-through
  • Sustainable routines
  • Emotional regulation
Specialized Support

Entrepreneurial Coaching

Supporting you from idea to sustainable business. I guide entrepreneurs through building a solid foundation, launching with confidence, and scaling with strategy.

  • Foundation, identity, and mission clarity
  • Brand positioning and market presence
  • Legal structure, pricing, and financial strategy
  • Sales pipeline and client acquisition
  • Systems, operations, and sustainable growth
Next steps

Turn feeling overwhelmed into clear, manageable action.

Ready to move forward? Book a session today and take the next step toward clarity, confidence, and meaningful progress.

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Coaching Tools

Practical, interactive tools to support career development, leadership clarity, and personal productivity — shared directly with clients as part of the coaching experience.

Career Coaching
Job Application Tracker
Track every application, follow-up deadline, and interview stage across your job search. Includes email templates and coach tips. Clients download a personal copy.
Job Search
Networking Skills
Build and strengthen professional relationships with guided prompts, strategies, and reflection exercises for meaningful networking.
Career Development
Emotional Intelligence
Develop self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation through guided coaching exercises and reflection prompts.
Leadership & Coaching
Strategic Career Coaching
A 1:1 coaching worksheet to map career goals, strengths, and next steps. Used in individual coaching sessions.
Career Strategy
STAR Interview Prep
Structure your interview answers using the Situation, Task, Action, Result framework — with guided prompts to build compelling, confident responses.
Interview Prep
Career Matrix
Map your skills, experience, and career aspirations across a visual matrix to identify growth paths, gaps, and your next strategic move.
Career Strategy
SMART Goals
Set Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound goals with guided prompts to build accountability and clarity.
Goal Setting
Personal SWOT
Identify personal Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to guide career decisions and self-development planning.
Self-Assessment
Top 40 Interview Questions
Practice with 40 common interview questions organized by theme, complete with answer drafting, in-depth guides for tough questions, and a comprehensive 5-step prep framework. Includes day-of tips and strategic answering techniques.
Interview Prep
Cover Letter Master
Build a compelling cover letter with guidance on the 6-section structure, writing best practices, and common mistakes. Interactive builder with live preview, customization tips for career changes, and PDF export.
Job Search
Resume Builder
Build a professional resume with structured sections, formatting guidance, and best practices. Interactive builder with live preview, ATS-friendly formatting, and PDF export for job applications.
Job Search
Personal Accountability Assessment
Assess your accountability across 10 dimensions: following through on promises, owning mistakes, taking initiative, helping others, performing under pressure, seeking feedback, taking risks, being dependable, preparing well, and asking for help. Based on Niagara Institute Framework.
Career Development
Leadership & Team
Role Clarity Tool
A 30-day onboarding document for new hires to define what they own, what they partner on, what's outside their scope, and how they make decisions.
Onboarding
Johari Window
A team development tool that runs a real Johari session — self-rating, peer rating, and a live four-quadrant window showing Open, Blind, Hidden, and Unknown areas.
Team Development
Mission · Vision · Values Workshop
A facilitation tool for organizational workshops to define and articulate mission, vision, and core values with your leadership team.
Workshop
RACI Matrix Builder
Build a RACI matrix to clarify who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed on every task. Includes validation and AI suggestions.
Org Design
9 Box Grid
A talent assessment grid mapping Performance vs. Potential. Drag and drop employees between boxes for calibration conversations and succession planning.
Talent Management
One-on-One Meeting Template
A structured manager template for 15, 30, and 60-minute 1:1s — covering pre-meeting prep, a timed agenda, question bank, action item tracker, and post-meeting follow-up.
Management
Skill-Will Matrix
A 2×2 coaching and management tool to assess where each team member sits on skill and will — and apply the right leadership style to develop or stretch them.
Team Development
Meeting Planner
Plan and structure meetings with a clear agenda, time blocks, objectives, and action item capture — so every meeting has a purpose and an outcome.
Management
Six Thinking Hats
Interactive team decision-making framework. Teams explore decisions from six perspectives: facts, benefits, risks, emotions, creativity, and process control — in sequential or parallel workflows.
Team Decision Making
Executive Problem-Solving Frameworks
7 proven frameworks for leaders: OODA Loop, DMAIC, Root Cause Analysis, Pre-Mortem, First Principles, Six Hats, and Decision Tree. Includes a quiz to find the right framework, auto-extracts action items, and saves sessions for comparison.
Decision-Making
Performance Review Tool
Flag performance dips from a manager perspective or self-report as an employee. Categorize issues, assign support actions, set visibility controls, and track appearance history — all in one integrated tool.
Performance Management
Growth Framework Tool
Define custom roles and competency tracks, set progression levels, and visualize employee growth. Create clarity on career paths, track development across skill areas, and recognize growth in different strengths.
Career Development
The Team Field Guide
Seven interactive frameworks for building high-performing teams — Golden Circle, 70-20-10 Rule, Trust Triangle, Tuckman Stages, Johari Window, Energy/Impact Matrix, and RAPID Decision-Making.
Team Development
CEO Email Templates
Nine essential email templates every leader needs for critical business communications — fill in the brackets, personalize, and send. Covers announcements, feedback, decisions, and more.
Leadership
CEO Leadership Development Toolkit
Transition from founder mode to CEO mode — assess mindset shifts, identify micromanagement patterns, evaluate culture DNA across mission, adaptability, involvement, and consistency. Includes reflection prompts on strengths, triggers, and blind spots, plus a personal action plan.
Leadership
First-Time Manager Interactive Guide
Navigate the transition from individual contributor to manager — identify ego traps, spot leadership potential in your team, self-assess difficult conversation styles, practice listening deeply, rate your coaching skills, and build team culture deliberately. Includes tools for difficult conversations and personal leadership development.
Leadership Development
Town Hall Builder
Plan and create company town hall meetings with customizable agendas, policy updates, achievements, and challenges. Generate PowerPoint decks, PDF summaries, and Word announcements.
Leadership Communication
Quarterly Momentum Planner
Plan and track quarterly objectives, initiatives, and progress. Set clear goals for your team or organization and maintain momentum throughout the quarter.
Strategic Planning
Value Proposition Canvas
Map customer segments and design value propositions that directly address their jobs, pains, and gains. Based on the Osterwalder/Strategyzer method.
Business Strategy
GROW Model Coaching Tool
Structure coaching conversations using the GROW framework — Goal, Reality, Options, Way Forward. Guide coachees toward clarity and action in one-on-one sessions.
Coaching Framework
Business Operations Manual Builder
Document how your business actually runs — capture your business snapshot, systems & tools by function, recurring task SOPs, access & handoff notes, and generate a comprehensive operations manual ready to download or print.
Business Operations
Referral Partner Tracker
Track referral relationships with partners — log referrals sent and received, maintain accurate tallies of who owes what, track commission arrangements. Generate reports for bookkeeping and partner records.
Business Development
Personal Development
Personal Operating Manual
A 5-step coaching tool to document how you work best — your wiring, environment, rhythms, triggers, and communication patterns.
Self-Awareness
Active Listening Coach
A multi-module coaching program covering listening barriers, phrases that block and build connection, scenario practice, and a knowledge check.
Communication
The Feedback Coach
A complete coaching toolkit on giving and receiving feedback — 7 frameworks, 10 principles, an interactive feedback builder, 42 appreciation notes, and a practice quiz.
Communication
Energy Tracker
Log energy levels across a week in fixed time blocks, then identify true peak and drained windows to schedule the hardest work where it fits best.
Productivity
The Vital Few (80/20)
Rank what a client spends time on against the real impact it delivers, using the Pareto principle to surface the vital few driving most of the results.
Prioritization
Personal Development Plan
Create a structured personal development plan — identify areas for growth, define actionable steps, list resources and support needed, set priorities, and establish timelines. Autosaves as you work and exports as PDF.
Goal Setting
Japanese Principles for Living Well
Six interactive practices rooted in Japanese wisdom — Ikigai, Ishiki, Wabi-Sabi, Shinrin-yoku, Kanso, and Kaizen. Log your practice weekly, track your progress, and reflect on what you notice.
Self-Awareness
Resilience Assessment Calculator
Assess your personal resilience across 14 dimensions — rate honestly on a 1-10 scale, get an overall resilience score, view breakdown by category, and identify focus areas for growth. PDF export included.
Self-Awareness
Self-Care & Burnout Prevention Toolkit
Recognize burnout signs, understand self-care myths vs. what actually works, assess stress across physical/emotional/mental/spiritual/relational dimensions, reframe negative self-talk, and commit to real self-care practices. Includes 12 principles, work-life balance steps, and personal action plan.
Wellness
HR Tools
HR Diagnostic
An intake survey for HR consulting engagements covering compliance, culture, systems, onboarding, compensation, and more — feeds a prioritized HR roadmap.
HR Consulting
Org Chart Builder
A visual org chart tool with current and future state views, department colour-coding, vacancy tracking, snapshot versioning, search, PDF export, and side-by-side comparison mode.
Org Design
HR Automation Toolkit
A vertical-filtered playbook of HR automation workflows for tech companies — AI, Gaming, Animation, Software, Fintech, and Healthtech.
HR Tech
Offer Approval — HR to CEO
A 4-step workflow for submitting and approving candidate offers — HR proposes compensation, CEO reviews and adjusts, then approves or declines with notes.
Talent Acquisition
Delegation Planner
Plan and track delegation with a priority matrix, team capacity view, and a self-assessment to build stronger delegation habits.
Leadership
RAPID Decision-Making
Apply the RAPID framework to clarify who Recommends, Agrees, Performs, Inputs, and Decides on any key business decision.
Decision-Making
Stay Interview Tool
A structured stay interview guide with saved sessions and an interviewer playbook — designed to improve retention by understanding what keeps employees engaged.
Retention
Find Your Why
A guided coaching exercise to uncover your core purpose — through reflection prompts on values, impact, and how others would describe you.
Self-Awareness
Employer Brand Studio
Audit your employer brand across job descriptions, culture, compensation, and candidate experience — then build a prioritized action plan.
Employer Branding
Onboarding Tracker
Manage new hire onboarding cases from pre-start through 90 days — track tasks by stage and export a summary PDF for each case.
Onboarding
Offboarding Tracker
Track departing employee cases from notice given through sign-off — tasks, statuses, and a summary PDF export for each case.
Offboarding
Employee Engagement Survey
Measure and track employee engagement across your organization with questions on job satisfaction, workplace relationships, recognition, and manager support. Get real-time results and PDF reports.
Employee Engagement
Culture Assessment Tool
Evaluate your organization's culture across values, engagement, communication, collaboration, performance, and work-life balance. Receive actionable recommendations and a comprehensive PDF report.
HR Consulting
Remote Work Policy Builder
Build a customized remote work policy for your organization with flexible options for work models, schedules, equipment, and performance management. Export as a ready-to-use PDF document.
HR Policy
Compensation & Salary Analyzer
Analyze compensation across your organization — build employee profiles, audit equity, benchmark against market rates, and model salary scenarios (raises, promotions, COLA adjustments). Includes Canadian cost-of-living adjustments by city.
Compensation Analysis
Candidate Evaluation Master
Evaluate candidates consistently with a structured framework — customize evaluation criteria, score on a 1-5 scale, capture interviewer notes, and compare multiple evaluators. Includes best practices guide and PDF export for hiring decisions.
Talent Acquisition
Interviewer's Guide
Master the art of interviewing — from pre-interview screening and question types, to STAR answer evaluation, bias avoidance, legal compliance, panel debriefs, and candidate scorecards. Includes question bank, manager-specific checklist, and reference check guide.
Talent Acquisition
Performance Improvement Plan Master
Build a structured PIP — understand when and how to use them, set SMART performance metrics, define manager support, and establish review checkpoints. Includes legal considerations, timeline options (30/60/90 days), and PDF export.
Performance Management
Change Management Plan
Plan organizational change using the Knoster model — assess readiness (vision, skills, incentives, resources, action plan), define success, build core team, craft messaging, create short-term wins, and track progress. Includes timeline, project management, and feedback loops.
Organizational Change
Excel Formulas for HR
Reference library of essential Excel formulas for HR — date & time calculations, lookup & reference functions, text cleanup, performance analysis, logic & error handling, and modern dynamic functions. Generate a working sample workbook with all formulas pre-built.
HR Systems
Anti-Harassment Policy Builder
Build a customizable harassment prevention policy (bilingual: English & French) — define objectives, scope, roles, prevention measures, and complaint procedures. Includes CNESST compliance, designated person commitments, and PDF export. Quebec labour law-compliant.
HR Policy
Employee Tracking Sheet
Track employee data in a centralized database — manage contact info, emergency contacts, benefits, compensation, vacation, tenure calculations, bonus tiers, and departmental headcount. Auto-calculates tenure and anniversaries, exports to Excel, and supports year-end reporting with as-of date freezing.
HR Systems
HR Projects & OKR Tracker
Manage HR strategic initiatives with Objectives & Key Results (OKR) tracking — set objectives, define measurable key results with auto-calculated progress, track projects by category with status and priority, assign owners and due dates. Includes dashboard view and Excel export.
HR Systems
Onboarding Experience Survey
Gather new employee feedback on their onboarding experience — assess role clarity, resources, manager support, training, culture fit, team relationships, and identification of improvement areas. Covers expectations vs. reality, readiness, and engagement. PDF export included.
Onboarding
Internship Exit Interview
Conduct a reflective closing conversation with interns — capture what they learned, what surprised them, how they felt supported, feedback for improvement, how experience shaped career goals, and relationship/reference information. Structured to get meaningful insights rather than performance judgment. PDF export.
Offboarding
Exit Interview
Conduct structured exit interviews with departing employees — understand reasons for leaving, assess role clarity, manager relationships, compensation, culture, growth opportunities, and overall organization rating. Includes role-specific questions for managers, interns, or terminated employees. PDF export.
Offboarding
Quebec Mass Layoff Tracker
Track terminations to monitor Quebec's mass layoff threshold — 10+ employees within 60 days at the same establishment triggers notice requirements. Monitor rolling 60-day counts by location, track individual termination records (date, employee, department), and export to Excel. Confirm legal obligations with counsel.
HR Compliance
Quebec 1% Law — Training Tracker
Track training investments to meet Quebec's 1% Law requirement — employers over the payroll threshold must invest 1% of payroll in eligible training or remit shortfall to FDRCMO. Log training expenses (trainee/trainer time, direct costs), manage training plans, document legal means (moyen), generate certificates, track compliance, and export to Excel. Confirm obligations with CPMT/Revenu Québec.
HR Compliance
Quebec Pay Equity — Guide & Tracker
Compliance guide and interactive tracker for Quebec's Loi sur l'équité salariale — job evaluation, wage gap analysis, and DEMES filing preparation for employers with 10+ employees.
HR Compliance
Employee Referral Program Builder
Configure and launch an employee referral program with customizable bonus structures, eligibility rules, and auto-generated announcements. Export policy summaries and announcement emails ready to send.
Recruiting & Hiring
Promotion & Raise Letter Builder
Draft professional promotion and salary increase notification letters with customizable templates. Export as PDF or Word for immediate use.
HR Management