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Career Planning

October 21st, 2010

How Social Media Can Cost Your Your Job

How Social Media Can Cost Your Your Job

Seasonal jobs are good for more than earning extra spending money or awesome discounts at retailers for holiday
shopping (though, let’s face it – who could resist based on that alone?). In fact, taking on a seasonal job can
be a great stepping stone on the way to beginning or getting back into a career.

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October 21st, 2010

Benefits of a Seasonal Job

Benefits of a Seasonal Job

Seasonal jobs are good for more than earning extra spending money or awesome discounts at retailers for holiday
shopping (though, let’s face it – who could resist based on that alone?). In fact, taking on a seasonal job can
be a great stepping stone on the way to beginning or getting back into a career.

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October 13th, 2010

Dress for Success..the Modern Way

Dress for Success..the Modern Way

DRESS FOR SUCCESS… what does it mean? These days those three little words seem to cause more confusion than ever. Appropriate dress used to be determined by the industry or profession. Now it also varies from business to business. It’s up to each company to determine it’s own standards for professional dress. Unfortunately today, not every company does.

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October 7th, 2010

The death of the Canadian dream? Not necessarily…

The death of the Canadian dream? Not necessarily...

In a National Post article by Andrew Mayeda, he discusses the challenges faced by the Millennials — those born after 1980 — in finding a job in today’s economy. Specifically he profiles an individual with a master’s degree in international affairs and volunteer experience working abroad for non-profit organizations. At 27 she is finding it challenging to find full-time employment and has been forced to take a contract job.

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October 5th, 2010

Five Statistics That Matter for Your Job Search

Five Statistics That Matter for Your Job Search

Each year for the past nine years CareerXroads has conducted a survey about the sources of new hires. The most recent survey (full report available here) solicited source of hire stats for 43 large companies, who collectively filled 176,000 positions in 2009. While the sample size is small, and arguments can and have been made about the accuracy and applicability of the statistics, the survey results are nevertheless revealing, and have some important implications for how jobseekers invest their job hunt energy.

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September 10th, 2010

Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey

Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey

Today Statistics Canada released its monthly Labour Force Survey and the results are slightly more positive than economists had anticipated. There were 35,800 jobs created in August and the unemployment rate edged up a tenth of a percentage point to 8.1%, due to higher participation in the labour market. The Canadian job market has now regained nearly all of the jobs lost during the recession, however, the unemployment rate is roughly 2 per cent higher than it was prior to the start of the decline. This may be partly…

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July 28th, 2010

Can you sue an employer?

Can you sue an employer?

Recently, someone asked me whether they could sue their employer after they were dismissed and the employer provided them with a good reference on LinkedIn. The short answer is: not really. But, like all things legal, it depends.

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May 27th, 2010

Tips on Handling Counter-Offers

Tips on Handling Counter-Offers

So you’ve been through the palaver of job hunting, you’ve nailed a great role and you’ve successfully handed in your letter of resignation. Your boss definitely wasn’t happy about it (mind you, how would you feel if he was?) but he seemed to accept it ok. Since then, you’ve been rubbing your colleagues’ noses in it and planning the biggest leaving bash the company has ever seen. Then what?

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April 26th, 2010

Should You Consider Mentoring?

Should You Consider Mentoring?

Having a mentor is a fantastic way to enrich your career. Mentors can teach you skills, share knowledge, help you see opportunities and challenges that you might not have seen on your own, and provide advice and guidance through many situations. While mentoring can occur in many different forms, it traditionally refers to a one-on-one relationship between a more experienced person (a mentor) and a less experienced person (a protégé), which is intended to advance the personal and professional growth of the less experienced individual.

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March 23rd, 2010

Blacklisting Liars, Losers, and Misfits

Blacklisting Liars, Losers, and Misfits

According to the Globe & Mail, employers and recruiters are assembling a “blacklist” of people considered unfit for hiring. Apparently, if you are a liar, a loser, or a misfit then the chances are good that your name will end up on such a list.

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