Top Employer: OCAS Application Services, Inc.

Recognized as one of Southwestern Ontario's Top Employers (2025) and Waterloo Area's Top Employers (2025):

By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 4, 2025)

Here are some of the reasons why OCAS Application Services, Inc. was selected as one of Southwestern Ontario's Top Employers (2025) and Waterloo Area's Top Employers (2025):

OCAS Application Services encourages employees to broaden their professional horizons with secondment opportunities within the organization, and provides tuition subsidies for job-related courses, to a maximum of $2,500 per year
OCAS Application Services offers generous maternity and parental leave top-up payments to employees who are new mothers and fathers, including adoptive parents (to 93 per cent of salary for a full year)
OCAS Application Services encourages employees to prioritize self-care with a generous time off policy of over four weeks starting vacation allowance (with an additional day off added each year, to a maximum of six weeks), paid time off during the winter holidays (up to five days) and summer months (up to four days)

OCAS Application Services employees David, chief administrative officer (left), and Norm, vice president of product research and innovation (right), plant trees

Highlights

Industry	Administrative services
Established in Canada	1991
Major Canadian locations	Guelph ON
Full-time employees in Canada	118
Part-time employees in Canada	2
Average age of employees in Canada	41 years
Longest serving employee	31 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, telecommuting
Long-term savings	defined-benefit (DB) pension
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Wellness spending account	up to $400 each year
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $4,750 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 93% of salary for 17 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 93% of salary for 35 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 93% of salary for 52 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 93% of salary for 52 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 4.4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Outside survey period	outside consultant surveys are held every 12 months
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 3 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $2,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 3 paid days)

The Career Directory

OCAS Application Services, Inc. has been selected for The Career Directory, our guide to entry-level recruitment for recent college and university graduates.

Highlights for New Grads

Industry	Administrative services
Full-time employees in Canada	101 to 250
Major Canadian locations	Guelph ON
Student opportunities	co-op opportunities
Training	subsidies for professional accreditation, orientation program, online training, in-house training, mentoring
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $2,500 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Typical new grad positions	Data and Reporting Analyst, Machine Learning Engineer, IT Associate, Full-stack Developer
Work benefits	health benefits for new employees, flexible work hours, telecommuting, employees receive paid time off to volunteer
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 4.4 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job

Academic fields recruited

Bachelor of Engineering
- Computer Engineering
Community College Diploma
- Accounting
- Business
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Marketing / Sales

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