National Edition - October 21, 2007
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Salon Éducation Emploi
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Jobboom is sponsoring the 13th annual Salon Education Emploi, a highly regarded career and education fair that offers a large number of exhibitors. The event takes place in Quebec City on October 25-28, 2007, at Centre de foires de Québec.
Come by the Jobboom pavilion and check out our wide array of career planning publications. We look forward to seeing you there and assisting with your career goals, whatever they
may be!
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Newsworthy
What it takes to be one of Canada's best employers
As the Boomer-aged workers retire, the talent war in the North American workforce is gaining momentum and will climb to a fevered pitch. This is good news for employees, particularly the most talented. For employers-not so much. This doesn't mean an early return to the familiar clichés of foosball tables, beanbag chairs and self-serve espresso machines. Previously in their early 20s, now in their early 30s, some of the best and the brightest think they sold themselves short to their high-tech employers a decade ago. This time around the T-shirts and Tevas can stay in the closet. The top talent's slightly peeved but eager to discuss parental leave and vacation time.
(Source: Maclean's)
Health/Wellness
Depressed at work? Get a new career
What do people mean when they talk about depression? It's a continuous period of at least two weeks where individuals suffer from a combination of five symptoms: bad mood, lack of sleep, irregular eating, low energy and disregard for self image, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. And nearly 10 percent of the American workforce suffered from this form of mental illness last year. Researchers compiled a list. The jobs with the highest rates may surprise some readers.
(Source: Reuters)
Demographic Crisis
America's first "baby boomer" files for social security
It's difficult to understand how, exactly, scientists arrive at some of their conclusions. In this case, they allege the very first Baby Boomer born in the United States has left the building. Kathleen Casey-Kirschling is the sexagenarian, retired teacher from New Jersey gushing about the United States government's user-friendly online application process for social security. Really it's just a coy way of patting her own back over her Internet savvy. Who knew? She's smug now perhaps. Later she will realize she was the first ripple in what became the "silver tsunami."
(Source: Associated Press)
Time Management
Tips for telecommuters
Ten tips for telecommuting, it's a topic that rolls off the tongue just so. If you're joining this popular workplace craze, there are untold amounts of extra work required in exchange for your newfound mobility. Telecommuters have to transport files and such back and forth. Then there are the electrical chargers, don't forget those. You must become even more organized in order juggle these extra tasks. Worst case scenario: you've left your files at home and your computer at work and you are without either in a third and distant location. And the ability to read, comprehend and think analytically on mass transit remains debatable, especially with the neighbour's iPod earphone spray of cymbals and hi-hats in double time. Thanks, bub.
(Source: Jobboom, Career Zone)
Career options
'Tis the season to go job hunting
Holiday décor in shop windows all up and down North American high streets? Is it jing-a-ling or cha-ching, cha-ching? Although some dread the protracted, end-of-year shopping extravaganza, it is a good time to find a moonlighting gig to generate some extra cash on the side. "Ooh, that looks nice on you," along with, "Have a nice day," are some stock phrases from the front lines of this bustling sector. They are good to rehearse in front of the mirror so that you can edit out any sarcasm or sneer.
(Source: Jobboom, Career Zone)
Do you work a second job, besides your primary one?
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Does eating a "samurai diet" make you a ninja? First, sushi made a splash in the mid-90s, then Iron Chef, now a group of Japanese government officials faced the samurai diet-a regimen of unexpected perils.
- Overweight local government officials in Japan have slimmed down with a three-month "samurai" diet, consisting of eating healthy food and exercising.
- The mayor of the city of Ise in west Japan and six officials joined forces as the "Seven Metabolic Samurai" to fight the so-called metabolic syndrome.
- Metabolic syndrome has become the new buzzword in health-conscious Japan, where nearly 30 percent of Japanese adult males are overweight.
(Source: Reuters)
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Research and editing: Austin Macdonald
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