National Edition - July 22, 2007
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Summer Job Search
When summer hits, Canadians settle into vacation mode and take a break from job searching. And yet, job seekers on Jobboom have been as busy as ever this summer, particularly in Construction/Trades/Oil & Gas, Sales & Customer Service, and IT & Multimedia. More than 7,500 profiles were created for these employment fields last month alone. And it makes sense - out of the 7,000 jobs advertised on Jobboom last month, the majority fell into the Sales and Construction categories.
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WORKING FROM HOME
Attitude gap widens in mommy wars
A new study encapsulates North American society's changing attitudes to stay at home vs. career moms. The "mommy wars" only erupted in the second half of the 20th century, yet the two sides are historic, arch enemies. However, they do agree on one matter - working full time is less appealing than it used to be. The middle-road to peace is that both sides give up something.
(Source: USA Today)
JOB INTERVIEWS
Handle interview questions with finesse
The bottom-line in this fly-by-the-seat-of-pants business world is that not many people screening job applicants for opportunities are trained HR practitioners. Sometimes, inappropriate and discriminatory questions come up. The trick is to be prepared by either having a bulletproof answer that addresses their latent concerns, or by getting cheeky and answering a question with a question.
(Source: Sun Media Corporation)
MANAGING STRESS
Easing the atmosphere at work
As Daniel-san learned in The Karate Kid Part II, the best way to block a punch is to avoid it entirely. What this means for the workplace is that the best form of conflict resolution is to create a light, open and pleasurable atmosphere through small, daily gestures. For example, good coffee, yucking it up via email and remembering peoples birthdays are just a few simple ways to wax-on the morale and wax-off the stress.
(Source: Jobboom, Career Zone)
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NEWSWORTHY
Greying boomers steamroll into golden years
Yet another article about the impending retirement of the boomer generation and what on earth we are possibly going to do without them. The economic ramifications for North America seem severe (Think: Y2K bigger and longer). The band-aid solution is reversing many aging workers' brainwashing created by decades of London Life's Freedom 55 advertising campaigns. With Canada's life expectancy spiraling upwards, many boomers will voluntarily stay in the workforce rather than being put out to pasture.
(Source: CBC)
HEALTH/WELLNESS
Three yoga moves at your desk
Tantric chanting is probably disruptive to your colleagues in the workplace. Ditto for rolling around on the floor in your cubicle. However, serenity at work is always something for which to strive. Yoga @ Your Desk is a series of streaming videos that take 10 min each. Practicing them will allow you to clear your mind, cleanse your charkas and re-centre yourself in the middle of a frenetic day.
(Source: The Edmonton Journal)
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Do you... work on an endless assembly line and eat in a giant cafeteria? Probably not, but many in China's manufacturing sector do.
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Toronto photographer Ed Burtynsky has photographed industrial landscapes for more than 25 years. |
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From 2003 to 2005, he travelled to China several times to capture images of the country's industrial growth. |
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Burtynsky manages to convey the scope of China's growth through images where raw statistics have failed. |
(Source: Wired)
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Comments: info@jobboom.com
Research and editing: Austin Macdonald
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