Think back three short years when skilled candidates were scarce. Some businesses closing their doors for lack of employees; wages at Tim Horton’s in Alberta rose close to $20/hour, university students were working all summer, and even if you were fortunate enough to hire skilled employees, retaining them was another matter!
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October 27th, 2010
The Pitfalls of Lying on Your Resume
Helen Perruzza, receives tons of resumes from hopeful job applicants everyday. She is a senior personnel consultant with First Choice Personnel, an employment agency in Toronto. Early in spring 2000, a young woman sublimated a resume for a Customer Service position with one of First Choices clients. Her resume was outstanding and paralleled the job position. Perruzza invited her in for an interview. Her performance in the interview was very satisfactory and she was introduced to the client, who was also impressed by her. A background check was performed and alas, the diploma she claimed she had received from college never existed. So no job offer!
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How to Ruin Your Brand at the Press of a Send Button
Grandma knew the importance of brand management. In Grandmas days, children were not allowed out of the house with holes in their underwear for fear of the proverbial ambulance ride. Housewives cleaned thoroughly under their beds and chesterfields lest dust bunnies be discovered and whispered about.
Read MoreOctober 21st, 2010
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, lets 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.
October 21st, 2010
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, lets 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.
October 13th, 2010
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. Its up to each company to determine its own standards for professional dress. Unfortunately today, not every company does.
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The Good, the Bad and the (not so) Ugly Truth about Social Media in the Workplace
The above comic may poke fun at social media policies in the workplace, but it is an issue that abounds in offices everywhere. According to a survey conducted by eMarketer.com in April of this year, nearly four in 10 (39 per cent) U.S. companies surveyed still ban social media in the workplace and it is estimated that it costs businesses $2 billion USD in lost productivity globally each year.
Read MoreOctober 7th, 2010
7 Ways to Measure Social Recruiting ROI
Jessica Lee, corporate recruiter, discusses the ins and outs of social recruiting — using social networking sites to identify and recruit potential hires. She examines how to create a strategy, establish goals and define measurement tools and success, while ultimately looking to increase job applications and improve brand awareness.
Read MoreOctober 7th, 2010
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 todays economy. Specifically he profiles an individual with a masters 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.
Read MoreOctober 5th, 2010
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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