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TOP FUTURE EMPLOYMENT MARKETS
Mark Hovind states, “The purpose of this page is to help you find industries that are projected to grow by 2018. The table below shows the employment in 1998, 2008… Read more
So what are the hardest jobs to fill in 2012?
If you are like me, you probably try to keep an eye on the labour market, what is the hot jobs, where are they and how much do they pay?… Read more
The Scary Thing That Most Employees Do When They Leave A Company
Most of us believe that when some employees leave their organization’s to competitors or to start their own ventures, many of them take ideas or best practices from their recent… Read more
Women are still struggling globally to gain parity with men in the workplace
Though women have made signicant progress in workplace over the last half century, there is still a very long road to travel. According to The Economist SINCE 1970 the proportion… Read more
Generation Jobless: Students Pick Easier Majors Despite Less Pay
At Resume Solutions, we meet a lot of students who are very very successful in their chosen majors, with many of them choosing competitive, demanding programs. However, we have meet… Read more
Co-Workers Provide Valuable Insights into Employee Departures
This is an interesting article from Business News Daily: Rather than conduct exit interviews with employees leaving for another job, new research shows businesses may actually glean more information on… Read more
Too Old for The Job? 5 Strategies For 55+ Job Hunters
Age discrimination is for real. It’s illegal for employers to discriminate based on age, but any older job-seeker knows it’s a fact of life. At a November 17th meeting in Washington,… Read more
Is Freedom 55 for Canadian Baby Boomers Now A Pipedream?
Freedom 55? This notion may be an old dream for many older working Canadians as new data from Stats Canada shows that workers today who are in their 50s will… Read more
The State of Performance Management
Some facts from the recent report, The Current State of Performance Management and Career Development Performance weighting is tipped toward results, particularly for executives When weighting the two sets of… Read more
Part 3 of 3 – Economic downturn is a boon for online employment scams
How to protect yourself during your job search: You should never provide your social insurance number for Canadian job seekers or in the U.S your social security number, date of… Read more
Part 2 of 3 – Economic downturn is a boon for online employment scams
Special report Identity theft & Complaints A major concern among consumer rights professionals and law enforcement officials is the increased volume of fraud related to unethical companies who promises job… Read more
Challenges facing IEPS/New Immigrants to Canada
A longitudinal survey of immigrants to Canada published in 2003 by Statistics Canada explored the “Progress and Challenges of New Immigrants in the Workforce,” revealing the disturbing reality that nearly… Read more
Reverse brain drain, American workers are heading to Canada
For years we have lamented the volume of Canadians heading South of the border, now we are seeing the reverse; Canada’s stronger economy is becoming a magnet for Americans hunting… Read more
Part 1 of 3 – Economic downturn is a boon for online employment scams
Catherine Findley was desperate to find a new job after graduating from college, so when she found a website that promised to find her a job in her field of… Read more
Being a self-employed Canadian is great for your pocketbook!
Recent research from Stats Canada shows that the road to personal wealth and financial health seems to lie in self-employment Self-employed households in Canada had more than twice the ‘wealth,’… Read more
Stats Canada – Payroll employment, earnings and hours
We have had slow earnings growth over the summer and this could contribute to a slow down in the economy, july’s numbers are listed below: In July, average weekly earnings… Read more
Social Networking Can = Job Search Success
The best way to find a job is through networking. You can go to networking meetings, tap into your own personal network, or ask friends who they know. With the… Read more
Top 40 Under 40 winners: Was an MBA worth it?
I have been reading a lot of articles and opinion pieces lambasting the value of an MBA. Here is another interesting article in the Globe and Mail with Canada’s Top… Read more
New Brunswick minimum Wage hike will cost up to 7,000 jobs – report
A 10 per cent increase in the minimum wage will cost New Brunswick between 1,900 and 7,000 jobs, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. For that reason the provincial… Read more
