National Edition - June 17, 2007
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Major Recruitment Campaigns on Jobboom
Two major Canadian retailers have launched a national campaign on Jobboom. Jobboom is aggressively expanding its operations throughout Canada and creating alliances with companies with unique national recruitment needs. Jobboom welcomes the Forzani Group Ltd., the largest and only national sporting-goods retailer in Canada, and Staples Business Depot, Canada's largest supplier of office supplies, business machines, office furniture and business services.
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NEWSWORTHY
Wall Street 'cubicle warrior' gets even
Some summer reading, perhaps? There are at least two new novels set on Wall Street that have disenchanted underlings in banking as the main characters. An entry-level job in finance promises eventual big bucks and the chance to join the echelons of the ultra-rich. An increasing number of grads are biting, but some aren't cut out for the job and exact revenge for their misfortunes by writing a book about it.
(Source: Bloomberg)
Device drives police insane for a day
Some imaginative inventor has created a training device for police, paramedics and other field workers who deal with mentally-ill people in volatile situations. These virtual-reality goggles and earphones simulate the hallucinations that deranged individuals can experience: voices, people disappearing and flying beasts. The goal of the exercise is to create empathy and heighten awareness among emergency-response workers.
(Source: Wired)
WATER COOLER
Desk jockeys cool off and heat up
An incredible amount of time is wasted bickering in meetings about the office being too cold or too hot. Every workplace has at least one outspoken individual from each of these warring factions. Now they can each have a personal climate controller for their cubicle, which puts an end to their pesky demands for creature comforts. Other people around the office are trying to finish important work.
(Source: Reuters)
Are you too cold or too hot in your office?
To answer, visit Career zone, and check out the Your opinion matters section.
A new day
The four-day workweek is coming, whether employers and efficiency experts like it or not. It began with casual Fridays, which allowed open collars and denim. Of course it was all for a good cause, the ritual being a donation to charity for permission to dress down. Yet it also promoted a sense of entitlement among employees to longer lunches and leaving early as well. Now some companies are offering half-day Fridays. Can you see where this is going?
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times)
CAREER PATH
Stressed-out new moms
Word on the street in North America is that there is a new baby boom underway. Despite the supposed egalitarian ideals of the younger generation, all is not as it seems among these new parents. Apparently it's the women who take the parenting most to heart. According to a recent study, new mothers find the transition from their maternity leave back to work very stressful. While new fathers, not so much. Typical.
(Source: Macleans)
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Did you... grow up watching Hanz and Franz on Saturday Night Live? Or do you now enjoy blasting your pecs and glutes at the gym? There are several ways to make money in the fitness industry between endless sets of ab-crunches and pumping yourself up.
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Fitness instructor |
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Personal trainer |
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Machine maintenance person |
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Nutritionist |
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Physiotherapist |
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Massage therapist |
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Child program supervisor |
(Source: Possibilities Online Employment Resource Centre)
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NOTICE: Jobboom and its sponsors do not necessarily endorse the opinions conveyed in the articles selected for this e-zine and do not assume any legal liability in consequence thereof.
Comments: info@jobboom.com
Research and editing: Austin Macdonald
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