Groupe Humanova

What Groupe Humanova does

Groupe Humanova is a Quebec-based HR consulting and career transition services firm formed in 2025 through the merger of Cible-emploi and La Porte de l'Emploi, two established employment services organizations with combined experience exceeding 35 years. The firm operates from two offices in the Laurentides region (Sainte-Thérèse and Saint-Eustache) and serves three distinct customer segments: individuals (career assessment, job search assistance, retirement preparation, entrepreneurship pathways), enterprises and organizations (collective dismissal redeployment, leadership coaching, succession planning, team training, organizational diagnostics, psychosocial risk prevention under Quebec Loi 27), and employment organisms and Carrefours jeunesse-emploi (clinical supervision, essential skills training, caregiver-support programming).

The firm's service portfolio centers on proprietary human-administered assessment and facilitation frameworks — most notably Profil NOVA (a personality, motivation, and behavioral style assessment), R.A.D.A.R./P.I.V.O.T. (identity fragilization diagnostics for experienced workers), and A.I.D.E.R. (caregiver-support facilitation) — alongside packaged training programs such as La trousse incontournable Gestionnaires & Équipes (nine workshops in three tiered offers) and the Ensemble pour AIDER regional caregiver-support initiative. There is no technology platform or AI component; all services are consultant-delivered.

Revenue is generated through professional services billing: quote-based, customized engagements sold via direct consultative sales (website forms, phone, email), in-person consultations, virtual sessions, and on-site corporate training. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm supplements fee revenue with Quebec government-funded mandates (notably CPMT funding via the Fonds de développement et de reconnaissance des compétences de la main-d'œuvre) and leverages an ecosystem of partnerships — AXTRA, Détail Québec, Proche Aidance Québec, L'Antr'Aidant, Concilivi, and CCITB — for referral flow and co-funded program delivery. The firm is privately held with no disclosed investors, no parent entity, and no public financial reporting.

Name

Groupe Humanova

Legal name

Groupe Humanova

Website

https://groupehumanova.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Groupe Humanova is a Quebec Laurentides–based HR consulting firm formed in 2025 from the merger of Cible-emploi and La Porte de l'Emploi, providing career transition, organizational development, and HR compliance services to individuals, enterprises, and employment organisms across Quebec.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting and Career Transition Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Individual Outplacement & Career Coaching (BPACAOAA), Group Outplacement Programs (Employer-Sponsored) (BPACAOAB), People Analytics, Assessment & Psychometrics Consulting (BPAHAGAH), Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services (EDAAAKAO), Employment & Job Readiness Support Services (BPAGAEAJ)

Keywords

• Career transition services
• Organizational development consulting
• Outplacement services
• HR advisory consulting
• Career counseling

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-Thérèse

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Enterprise: Billed services to enterprises including organizational diagnostics, leadership coaching, team training, career transition support, and HR compliance consulting. Services are customized and quote-based, typically sold as projects or retainers.
2. Professional Services - Individuals: Career counseling, job search assistance, and professional development services for individuals, often subsidized or covered through government programs and employer-sponsored benefits.
3. Professional Services - Organisms: Training programs, clinical supervision, and competency development services for employment agencies, community organizations, and CJEs (carrefours jeunesse-emploi).
4. Training Programs: Fee-for-service training workshops on essential competencies, team development, and organizational health, offered to enterprises and organisms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Groupe Humanova delivers human resources consulting, career transition and outplacement support, and organizational development services across Quebec. Its core offerings include individual career counseling (assessment, job search, retirement preparation), enterprise HR consulting (redeployment committees, management coaching, succession planning, organizational diagnosis, team training, Law 27 psychosocial risk prevention), and support for employment organizations (clinical supervision, essential skills training, caregiver support training). The firm also runs regional programs such as Ensemble pour AIDER for caregiver support and a paid retail internship program in partnership with AXTRA, Détail Québec, and CPMT.

Product overview

Groupe Humanova is a unified human resources and career transition consulting organization formed from the 2025 merger of Cible-emploi and La Porte de l'Emploi. The company operates as a multi-service consulting firm offering three interconnected service lines: Services aux Individus (individual career services including career assessment, job search assistance, career transition, and entrepreneurial development), Services aux Entreprises (organizational development services including redeployment committees, management coaching, succession planning, team training, and psychosocial risk prevention), and Services aux Organismes (support for employment organizations including clinical supervision, essential skills training, and caregiver support programs). Key products include Profil NOVA (personality assessment tool), La trousse incontournable Gestionnaires & Équipes (enterprise training toolkit with 9 workshops), and Ensemble pour AIDER (regional caregiving support initiative). The company serves individuals, businesses, and organizations across the Laurentides region of Quebec.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bilan de carrière (Career Assessment) Professional orientation and career assessment service helping individuals identify their interests, values, and skills to choose a career project aligned with their aspirations and the job market.
• Aide à la recherche d'emploi (Job Search Assistance) Structured support service optimizing job search efforts and helping individuals find employment that matches their profile.
• Oser l'après-carrière (Career Transition Program) Introspective and practical program helping individuals give meaning to life after their primary career, while enabling organizations to better support those preparing for this transition.
• Parcours s'Entreprendre (Entrepreneurial Pathway) Structured, certified, and personalized program to develop professional or entrepreneurial skills.
• Comité d'aide au reclassement (Redeployment Committee) Support service for organizations conducting collective layoffs, helping set up redeployment committees and providing human support during workforce transitions.
• Réaffectation et transition de carrière (Reassignment and Career Transition) Support service for employees affected by layoffs, reassignments, or reorganizations to limit negative impacts, facilitate professional reintegration, and preserve employer brand image.
• Développement professionnel (Professional Development) Customized development program aligning individual aspirations with organizational needs to strengthen performance, retain employees, and prepare succession.
• Coaching de gestion (Management Coaching) Confidential and strategic coaching service helping leaders develop skills, tackle daily challenges, and align actions with organizational priorities.
• Plan de relève (Succession Planning) Service helping organizations anticipate departures by identifying, developing, and mobilizing internal talent to ensure smooth and secure organizational succession.
• Diagnostic organisationnel (Organizational Diagnosis) Service providing a clear and objective portrait of an organization to identify strengths, challenges, and improvement levers, including psychosocial risk analysis.
• Formation d'équipe (Team Training) Service helping structure, plan, and facilitate targeted programs to strengthen synergy, improve communication, and increase collective performance.
• Prévention des risques psychosociaux - Loi 27 (Psychosocial Risk Prevention) Service helping organizations prevent psychosocial risks and comply with CNESST obligations under Law 27, including harassment, overload, and workplace climate issues.
• Maintien en emploi (Job Retention) Proactive service helping support talents, prevent costly departures, and preserve team performance and cohesion when employees face difficult periods.
• Plan de développement professionnel (Professional Development Plan) Service helping structure and deploy evolution pathways adapted to each role, strengthening motivation, retention, and long-term organizational performance.
• Profil NOVA (NOVA Profile Assessment) Comprehensive personality, motivations, and behavioral style analysis tool that helps employers, teams, and individuals understand communication styles and functioning modes to optimize talent management and team collaboration.
• La trousse incontournable Gestionnaires & Équipes (Managers & Teams Toolkit) Continuing education plan for enterprises featuring 9 three-hour workshops organized into three packages (Forfait Harmonie, Forfait Performance, Forfait Flexibilité), covering skills like career development, work organization, communication, problem-solving, change management, and ethics.
• Alliance en counseling de carrière (Career Counseling Alliance) Training program equipping counselors to better establish, maintain, and repair work alliances with clients in career counseling relationships.
• Supervision clinique (Clinical Supervision) Service providing organizational and community workers a secure space to reflect on practices, develop new approaches, and prevent professional burnout.
• Parcours compétences essentielles (Essential Skills Program) Turnkey program allowing organizations to quickly deploy nine three-hour training workshops on essential labor market skills such as autonomy, organization, communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and ethics.
• Proche aidance en employabilité (Caregiver Support in Employment) Training program teaching employment counselors to understand and support the reality of caregivers, helping them better accompany this clientele with adapted and structured support.
• Reconstruction identitaire chez les travailleurs expérimentés (Identity Reconstruction for Experienced Workers) Training helping employment professionals understand the invisible identity transition challenges faced by experienced workers and adapt interventions to support return-to-work with greater accuracy.
• Ensemble pour AIDER (Together to HELP) Regional initiative in the Laurentides area accompanying organizations to better balance work and caregiving, including free quizzes, webinars, training, and a personalized Accelerator Program offered at no cost until October 2026.
• Programme Accélérateur Ensemble pour AIDER Personalized accompaniment program offered at no cost until October 2026 for Laurentides organizations to understand their caregiving reality, target priorities, and implement concrete actions adapted to their workplace.
• Programme de stage rémunéré en commerce de détail (Paid Retail Internship Program) Joint initiative with AXTRA, Détail Québec, and CPMT offering an 8-week paid retail internship covering four competencies: customer service, customer relationship management, merchandising, and shoplifting prevention.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,000+ workers supported through career transitions
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AXTRA | Alliance des centres-conseils en emploicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Joint initiative partner in the paid retail internship program (Programme de stage rémunéré en commerce de détail). AXTRA is a national alliance of employment counseling centers, providing strategic reach beyond Groupe Humanova's regional base.
• Détail QuébeccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026Partner in the retail commerce internship program, bringing retail sector expertise and industry connections to the joint initiative.
• TVBLminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2026Media production partner for the Ensemble pour AIDER Accelerator Program. TVBL produces video capsules showcasing participating organizations' caregiver support initiatives for use in communications and recruitment.
• ConciliviminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCertified provider status for workplace support services, particularly in the caregiver support (proche aidance) domain. Concilivi is a Quebec certification or standards body for workplace support services.
• L'Antr'AidantcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership in the 'Ensemble pour AIDER' caregiver support initiative. L'Antr'Aidant is a community organization providing caregiver resources, and the partnership anchors Groupe Humanova's caregiver support services in community expertise.
• Fondation Lise WatierminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLogo partner shown on About page. Fondation Lise Watier supports professional development and entrepreneurship initiatives, aligning with Groupe Humanova's mission.
• Proche Aidance QuébecminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvincial caregiver advocacy organization shown as a partner on the About page, relevant to Groupe Humanova's caregiver support programming.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm offering executive search, leadership development, and workforce transformation — comparable to Groupe Humanova's coaching, succession planning, and organizational diagnostic offerings, but serving a much larger enterprise client base.
• Mercer (Marsh McLennan): Global HR consulting firm with deep expertise in talent, health, and workforce strategy — directly comparable to Groupe Humanova's human capital consulting, organizational development, and HR compliance work, with established presence in the Canadian/Quebec market.
• Right Management (part of ManpowerGroup): Global talent and career management consultancy providing outplacement, coaching, and leadership development — overlapping directly with Groupe Humanova's career transition, coaching de gestion, and organizational development services, with broader geographic and enterprise footprint.
• LHH (Lee Hecht Harrison): Global career transition and outplacement firm operating across multiple regions and serving enterprise clients with collective dismissal and redeployment support — directly overlapping with Groupe Humanova's Services aux Entreprises (outplacement/reclassement) offering, but at vastly greater scale and geographic reach.
• BDO Canada (HR Consulting): Canadian professional services network with HR advisory, organizational design, and workforce consulting practices — competes with Groupe Humanova for Quebec enterprise mandates in organizational diagnostics, change management, and HR compliance.

Direct peers

• AXTRA | Alliance des centres-conseils en emploi: National alliance of Quebec employment counseling centers — Groupe Humanova is both a partner and a peer, as alliance members deliver overlapping career counseling, outplacement, and employment services across Quebec, including the joint retail internship program.

Others

• Fondation Lise Watier: Quebec foundation supporting professional development and entrepreneurship — shown as a partner logo on Groupe Humanova's About page and overlapping thematically with the firm's entrepreneurial pathway (Parcours s'Entreprendre) and women's professional development services.
• Carrefour jeunesse-emploi (CJE) network: Quebec network of youth employment centers that both consume Groupe Humanova's Services aux Organismes (training, supervision) and operate parallel career counseling services — comparable in target clientele and service design but structured as a public/community network rather than a private firm.

Regional players

• Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton (Human Capital practice): Quebec-based professional services firm with HR consulting and organizational development practices — comparable regional competitor serving Quebec enterprises with workforce and organizational transformation mandates, similar to Groupe Humanova's enterprise segment.
• Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés (CRHA) affiliated consultancies: Quebec's professional HR body and affiliated consultancies providing HR advisory, coaching, and organizational services across the province — overlap with Groupe Humanova's coaching de gestion, organizational diagnostics, and workforce transformation offerings in the same Quebec market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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