National Edition - May 21, 2006  Great divide: CEO and worker pay Expert economists agree that the growing divide between the pay of top executives and rank-and-file employees is a failure on the part of corporations to maintain the relationship between compensation and performance. By comparison to all the stock options and signing bonuses, the mean salary in the U.S. has barely kept up with inflation. (Source: The Wall Street Journal) Should you be fired for using the Internet while at work? Since mid-February, cubicle workstation jockeys have been walking on eggshells about their personal Internet use while on the job. Then, New York City's Mayor Bloomberg fired someone for playing solitaire at work. The issue has since been to the courts in a related case. Here, now, is a punch, counter-punch summary and a conclusion on the fallout. (Source: PC World) How "Daddy" affects your job: psychologist While Freud may ask, "tell me about your mother," this modern-day psychologist and author is more concerned about fathers. In his new book, The Father Factor, he defines five different types of father figures and explains how they influence their children's careers. (Source: Reuters) Environment Canada worries about French Language is political in Canada, especially in Quebec. Now, the federal environment ministry is taking steps to correct the imbalance between the use of English and French in their workplace. It would seem that the status quo at the ministry was to do business in English, regardless of the number of native-French speakers in the room. (Source: CNews) Japanese workers to trade in cans of cola for cans of oxygen It is very hard to explain what Tokyo's like. At best, one can say it's like an over-amped Las Vegas. Seeing Lost in Translation helps. Yet, Japan seems to provide an endless supply of strange news items. Now, stressed out office workers will replenish their work-weary souls with canned oxygen from 7-11 convenience stores. (Source: Discovery Channel) Do you... dream of being a Bollywood celebrity? As a struggling actor, if you're still looking for your big break, ask your agent about opportunities on India's big screen. A natural result of globalization, the plots of Indian films have become more international and require more foreign characters. Some casting agents troll the streets in tourist meccas like Collaba in Mumbai or Mamallapuram in Chennai, looking for tourists, who make about $25 as extras but usually do it for the novelty of being in a film. But, an actor with a couple lines of dialogue could easily bring in $5,000 for a couple weeks' work. Some people who had never given a thought to being in films have discovered potential acting careers. The Indian film industry releases 900 feature-length films a year. (Source: Wired) May 23 - 26 Canadian Skills Competition (CSC) Halifax, NS May 24 - 25 BIOMEDEX 2006 Montreal, QC May 27 - 30 CSSE Annual Conference Toronto, ON May 28 - 30 ACCC Annual Conference: The Learning Stampede Calgary, AB May 28 - 30 CASAE Annual Conference: The City, A Festival of Knowledge Toronto, ON May 30 BIOTECanada-Biogen Idec Canada Teaching Excellence Award (application deadline) Nation-wide May 30 - June 2 30th Annual Interprovincial Association on Native Employment Conference Saskatoon, SK May 31 - June 2 16th Annual Canadian Conference on Intelligent Systems Victoria, BC June 4 - 6 The 2006 Apprenticeship Conference Montreal, QC June 5 6th Annual YES Self-employed Artists Conference Montreal, QC June 3 - 7 Top 20 Under 20 Award Celebration Event Toronto, ON June 8 - 10 Vitalize 2006 Edmonton, AB June 18 - 21 2006 CACEE National Campus Recruitment and Career Services Conference Calgary, AB Suggest a career-related event 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 #noDossier#