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Montreal beats Toronto with purchasing power
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Education pays
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American students flocking north
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Jobboom Index
Québec 69,1 %
Employment situation
Fair
Ontario 0 %
Employment situation
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Back to school
It's back to school already and the cost of a first rate education is on the mind. While a pencil case and a geometry set may no longer suffice, few parents can actually afford the demands of their gadget-crazed teens. In fact, according to one financial aid officer, a greater number of university students are applying for assistance. Perhaps parents and pupils can at least agree to save the world by packing less plastic in their lunch.
What's the hardest part of going back to school?
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Trendspotting
Montreal beats Toronto with purchasing power
A hotly anticipated, tri-annual, global survey by a Swiss bank ranks the salaries, cost of living and purchasing power of citizens around the world.
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(Source: Canadian Press)
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Training/Education
Education pays
A recent survey by Statistics Canada reveals the Master's degree is the new high school diploma of decades ago. It's the escape from fast-food employment.
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(Source: Canoe, Lifewise)
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Newsworthy
American students flocking north
Ever since McGill University broke into Playboy's Top-10 list of party schools, greater numbers of Americans are applying to Canadian universities.
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(Source: Canoe, CNews)
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Jobboom Poll
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What's the hardest part of going back to school?
- Waking up on time
- Finding something to wear
- Commuting to campus
- Making new friends
- Becoming popular
- Figuring out how to pass
- Balancing extra curricular activities
- Negotiating extensions on deadlines
- Studying new material
- Paying tuition
- Balancing school and a job
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Fun Job
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What's your workplace type?
Adults who are actively engaged in the workforce as productive members of society don't have to worry about the annual angst of going back to school. Yet, according to Tag and Catherine, experts at FabJob.com, workplaces often resemble the dynamics of other familiar group situations. Take their quiz to find out whether your workplace is a high school, a summer camp, a family, a prison or a cruise ship.
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