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September 20, 2009 Edition |
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Accounting careers
A new book looks at how successful women overcome the job market's glass ceiling and achieve partnership at accountancy firms. Accounting is a field with lots of international opportunities, as passports, not calculators, become the must-have accessory. Wherever an individual decides to work, education, risk-taking and good communication are skills that will help both female and male junior-accountants reach executive level positions.
Who's better at accounting, men or women?
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Media Watch
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Workplace issues
Flex time
In some Canadian workplaces, flex time is leading to greater collaboration between employees. They still come in but never sit in the same place.
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(Source: Jobboom, Career Zone)
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Health/Wellness
Are you drinking too much?
Death by liver disease is one of the unforeseen occupational hazards of women's new "work hard, play hard" attitudes.
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(Source: CBC)
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Workplace Challenge
Women outnumber men in workforce
The North American workplace has finally reached its tipping point. Women employees outnumbered men in the first half of 2009 - but all is not rosy.
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(Source: Canoe, CNews)
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Jobboom Poll
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Who's better at accounting, men or women?
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Q&A
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Bobby wants to be a cop
They say in heaven the police are English. So, what happens when a British bobby wants to become one of Canada's finest. All aspiring police officers need to know there are three levels of work-federal, provincial or municipal-and each do their own hiring. Candidates must have relevant training in criminology, law enforcement or social sciences and they must be physically fit.
For more ideas, visit the Online Counsellor at CanLearn.
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