Ian Martin Limited

What Ian Martin Limited does

Ian Martin Limited, operating under the consumer-facing brand 'Raise' (legal entity Ian Martin Group Inc.), is a Canadian-headquartered staffing and recruiting firm founded in 1959 that connects employers with contingent and contract talent. The firm operates a dual-platform model: raise.jobs serves job seekers with AI-assisted job matching, professional talent communities, and career resources, while RaiseRecruiting.com provides an employer-facing portal for posting roles and accessing pre-vetted contractor pools, supplemented by direct enterprise recruitment services. Bilingual (French/English) coverage supports its Canadian base, with operations extended into the United States.

The company differentiates itself through a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) framework rather than purely on technology, including all recruiters trained in inclusive sourcing and unconscious bias, a self-identification process to track diversity outcomes, an accessibility-focused recruitment process, and a first-of-its-kind Indigenous Recruiter Training Program. These commitments are formalized through Certified B Corporation status and PAIR Bronze certification.

Revenue is generated through professional-services placement fees and contractor bill-rate margins on the employer side; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The customer base spans individual job seekers (primary persona) and employers (business customers) across multiple verticals, with no disclosed revenue mix, named logos, or customer concentration data available in the source material.

Name

Ian Martin Limited

Legal name

Ian Martin Group Inc.

Website

https://ianmartin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ian Martin Limited (dba Raise) is a Canadian-founded staffing and recruiting firm that connects employers with contingent and contract talent through its raise.jobs and RaiseRecruiting.com platforms, with operations in Canada and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruiting Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Contingent recruitment
• Talent matching platform
• Contract workforce solutions
• Inclusive hiring services

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Staffing Services: Ian Martin Limited (operating as Raise) connects talented workers with employers through contingent work arrangements. The company likely generates revenue through placement fees or margins on contractor bill rates, matching job seekers with hiring companies.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ian Martin Limited (operating as Raise) is a staffing and recruiting firm that connects job seekers with contingent and contract work opportunities through the raise.jobs platform, and connects employers with pre-vetted contractor and permanent talent through RaiseRecruiting.com. The company runs AI-assisted job matching, professional talent communities that proactively notify candidates when matching roles open, and inclusive recruitment services grounded in Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) practices.

Product overview

Raise is a unified job matching and talent recruitment platform operated by Ian Martin Group. The core product is the Raise job search platform (raise.jobs) which provides AI-powered job matching, professional talent communities, and job seeker resources. The company also operates RaiseRecruiting.com as a complementary hiring platform for employers. The platform has been connecting talented workers with great jobs for over 65 years and emphasizes contingent/contract work opportunities. Key differentiators include a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion through JEDI principles, Indigenous recruiter training programs, and accessibility accommodations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RaiseRecruiting.com: A separate platform for companies who want to hire staff, distinct from the Raise job seeker platform.

Products and services

• Raise Job Search Platform (raise.jobs) A self-serve job search and talent matching platform for individual job seekers and contractors, featuring AI-assisted job matching, professional talent communities, and proactive job match alerts when matching positions open.
• RaiseRecruiting.com (Employer Hiring Portal) A dedicated employer-facing portal where companies can post jobs, access pre-vetted contractor talent pools, and engage Raise's direct recruitment services for contingent and permanent hiring needs.
• Professional Talent Communities A talent community membership service that keeps track of job seeker availability and job preferences, proactively reaching out first when matching positions become available, with a simple yes/no response mechanism.
• Job Match Alerts A notification service that alerts job seekers when new positions matching their profile and preferences become available, integrated with the raise.jobs platform and talent communities.
• Contractor Mobile App (App Sign In) A mobile application available to Raise contractors for sign-in and managing their contingent work assignments, supporting the contractor side of the staffing service.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Hays plc: UK-listed specialist staffing group operating in Canada, focused on professional and skilled trades contract and permanent placement. Comparable to Raise in the contingent professional segment, though anchored in a different home geography.
• Workopolis: Canadian-focused job board and recruitment platform historically dominant in the Canadian market. Adjacent competitor to Raise on the employer-of-record and candidate-sourcing side within Canada specifically.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Worldwide staffing provider with Canadian operations offering permanent, temporary, and contract placement plus workforce solutions. Competes with Raise on enterprise contingent staffing and RPO engagements in North America.
• Adecco Group: Global HR solutions leader with significant Canadian footprint (Adecco Canada) placing permanent and temporary talent across professional categories. Overlaps directly with Raise's generalist staffing value proposition at much larger scale.
• Robert Half International: Global staffing and consulting firm with significant Canadian operations offering contract and permanent placement across professional categories. Direct comparable on the generalist staffing model Raise operates, but with substantially larger scale and Fortune 1000 client base.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with executive search and professional recruitment practices operating in Canada. Overlaps with Raise on the permanent placement side, especially for higher-end professional roles.
• Randstad: One of the world's largest staffing companies with operations in Canada offering permanent, temporary, and contract placement across industries. Competes with Raise for the same mid-market and enterprise contract staffing RFPs in Canada and the US.
• Recruit Holdings (Indeed/Glassdoor): Japanese-listed parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, the dominant global job search and matching platforms. Competes with Raise's raise.jobs platform on candidate supply and employer demand, and increasingly on AI-assisted matching.

Direct peers

• PageGroup: Global professional staffing firm (parent of Michael Page and Page Personnel) placing permanent and contract talent across disciplines. Closely comparable mid-market professional staffing model to Raise, including AI-augmented matching.
• Kelly Services: US-headquartered staffing firm with Canadian operations placing contract, temporary, and permanent talent across professional and industrial categories. Closely comparable business model to Raise in the contingent professional staffing segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/RaiseRecruiting
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@raiserecruiting/videos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raiserecruiting
• Instagraminstagram.com/raiserecruiting

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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