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6 millionaire traits you should adopt
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Jobboom Index
Québec 69,1 %
Employment situation
Fair
Ontario 0 %
Employment situation
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Jobboom presents
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July 19, 2009 Edition
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Focus on
Internet access at work
Since the dawn of the Internet, surfing on the job has been a bone of contention between employers and employees. At issue are goodwill and professionalism. Now forward thinking employers, who once blocked employees' access to social networking and other of Web 2.0 distractions, are re-thinking their policies. Employees would be mistaken to think they have carte blanche, because their employer's IT guys are definitely watching.
Does your employer block your work access to websites for personal use?
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Media Watch
Professional development
6 millionaire traits you should adopt
In American politics, it's important for presidential candidates to seem, well, presidential. This also holds true in the arena of would-be millionaires.
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Looking for a job
Too much or too little info on your resume?
Among other gaffes, hiring managers were three times more likely to object to too much information over too little info. In short, resumes: less is more.
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Job market trends
Crisis spurs people to work for free - good or bad?
Lumbergh: Um, yeah, I forgot. I'm gonna also need you to come in Sunday, too. We, uh, lost some people this week and we need to sorta catch up. Thanks.
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Jobboom Poll
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Does your employer block your work access to websites for personal use?
- Yes
- Yes, but I have ways to get around it
- No, but I'm very careful about my non-work-related web use
- No, but I don't limit or censor my personal use
- No, and honestly I don't think they're watching
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Boomerang Byte
Are you waiting by the phone? Imagine your disgust in relocating to a world capital, applying to high profile jobs and later on discovering a typo in your resume.
- A telephone survey of 100 senior Canadian executives showed that one or two spelling mistakes on a resume could derail a job candidates chances.
- More than a fifth of executives said a single typo on a resume or cover letter could cost a potential employee a job.
- Twenty-eight percent said two mistakes would kill their chances.
- But 19 percent of the executives said they would still consider an applicant with four or more typos on their resume.
- "Have a keen eye for derail," indeed
(Source: Reuters)
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