National Edition - July 1st, 2007
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Jobboom Launches New Homepage
We're pleased to inform you that the Jobboom website has been revamped, making it easier to use and more effective. Our new site includes:
Improved keyword and employer searches
More user-friendly navigation
A cleaner, fresher design
Visit our new site and see the changes for yourself. Your information, including your employment profile, has been saved - all you need to do is log in.
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TRENDSPOTTING
Livin' la vida Google
Change is afoot. Everybody's busy imagining what the future workplace is going to look like. Whatever form it may take, web-browser-based computing will be the backbone technology behind this radical transformation. In anticipation of this coming age, one intrepid reporter abandoned his desktop for a whole month. Instead, doing all work through a browser on Google's web-based applications.
(Source: Wired)
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Magic moment
Shazam! You realize you're not in the right job. What do you do? For some, it's time to pull a rabbit out of their hat and change into something completely different. In this lawyer-becomes-magician story, Ian Quick claims to now make more money in fewer hours. Well, then everybody should run away to join the circus. Cannonball men, bearded women, trapeze artists, ex-lawyers-turned-magicians, sad clowns and bicycle-riding tigers-at least it's a diverse working environment.
(Source: Sun Media)
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Designer reshapes cubicle
According to one person interviewed for this article, the new cubicle by Herman Miller (Think: fancy mesh office chairs) is "so much nicer." Well, given the drab state of the status quo, that comment could mean pretty much anything. Actually, it's the sliding panels that close like doors for privacy that make the big difference. And Mr. Miller's fashionistas replaced the padded walls with a translucent polymer-very futuristic, alien-cocoon-like.
(Source: The Arizona Republic)
NEWSWORTHY
Gabbing doctors not helping
A new American study sent wired patients to doctor appointments. The recorded footage revealed that some of these health professionals waste too much time in appointments that are already too brief. Instead of a cure, some covert agents were treated to the details of a recent heli-ski vacation.
(Source: Reuters)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
That's why they call it a power suit
In the depths of summer, many companies' "business casual" dress codes melt into a form of "cottage chic" in the name of staying cool-flip-flops, pastel-coloured, alligator-emblazoned golf shirts, and designer denim. It seems the workplace is merely a pit stop on the way to endless summer fun, as employees drop-in for their messages and check-out for a long weekend. Here's a gentle reminder: the clothes make the woman or man.
(Source: Business Week)
Do you wear a suit at work?
To answer, visit Career zone, and check out the Your opinion matters section.
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Do you... have your summer job lined up yet? The dog-days of summer are just ahead, here are the top five student jobs:
- Video game tester;
- Website Designer;
- Set builder;
- Entrepreneur;
- Marketing agent.
(Source: Jobboom Publishing)
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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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