National Edition - April 27, 2008  What type of employee are you? Find out with our personality tests. Jobboom visitors are now eligible for discount rates on e-Career Fit evaluations via our website. Check out the three tests below - they're bound to pique your interest: - eCF Personal Styles Assessment : Discover your strengths, limitations and personal style. - eCF Work Values Assessment : Identify which values are important to you, then capitalize on them to land the perfect job. - eCF Entrepreneur Index : Find out if you've got what it takes to be your own boss. 10 Six-Figure Jobs without a Professional Degree This headline is perhaps somewhat misleading. The author qualifies all of these six-figure job titles with additional terms such as "goals," "performance," "persistence," "leadership," "overtime," and "unique individual style." If readers were hoping to find positions allowing them to rake in a fat paycheque at the end of each week just for showing up, they will unfortunately need to keep looking elsewhere. After all, everyone secretly dreams of a no-brainer job with low-effort and high-rewards. (Source: Yahoo!, Education) Tough times for American workers Steven Greenhouse is the author of a new book called "The Big Squeeze." Unfortunately, the book is not an endorsement of a juice-based, miracle diet, but rather a condemnation of corporate America and how business owners have squeezed employees for all they're worth in order to cut labour costs, improve their bottom lines and fatten their pocketbooks. The end result is that real wages have grown by merely one percent since 2001, despite soaring profits and increased productivity. How d'ya like them apples? (Source: San Francisco Chronicle) Since the turn of the millennium has your annual wage increased? To answer, click here. Smile and dress modestly, civil servants told Do Eastern Europeans dress differently? Depending on the point of view, they're apparently either overdressed or underdressed. For example, most North American colleagues decked out in their business casual togs would consider a nuclear physicist in a mini-skirt to be – to paraphrase Winston Churchill – a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Now, the Serbian government has imposed a new code of conduct for its civil servants. The new rules ban disproportionately short skirts, revealing décolletages and see-through blouses. (Source: Reuters) The ever-expanding administrative role Since the dawn of the computer age, the workforce mantra has been to do more with less. Of course, no one knows this better than employees working in administrative positions, whose duties and responsibilities have increased to include managing budgets, negotiating vendor contracts, overseeing projects and maintaining websites. As such, companies have extended their appreciation by transforming Administrative Professional's day into a weeklong event. (Source: Jobboom, Career Zone) Preparation tips for college job fairs On-campus career fairs are an excellent place to find your first job after graduation. To make this work, however, you will have to prepare. This article contains helpful tips such as, don’t smoke before the fair (smelling of tobacco is a definite turn-off these days), dress appropriately, and think about preparing a sound byte about yourself to give to potential employers. But it's not all talk; attendees should have a good attitude and show that they are keen listeners. Don't show up in your pyjamas. And crashing other faculties’ career fairs can also yield unexpected, positive results. (Source: Career Zone, Jobboom) Master your meetings Before accepting an invitation to a meeting, consider the objectives. If they aren't clear or don't apply to you, you can probably skip out. Most employees complain about being bogged down by a constant stream of endless meetings that keep them from doing any actual work. This article contains other handy tips, like circulating an agenda. (Source: Career Zone, Jobboom) Do you... want to get into med school? Pre-med students are earning a less-than-stellar reputation for their by-any-means-possible attitude in their quest for top grades. They haggle with their teachers for extra points. They hoard leadership positions and then run organizations into the ground. They are not motivated by curiosity. (Source: Wired) April 28 Baristas Program Vancouver, BC April 30 - May 2 Building Tomorrow Today 2008 Edmonton, AB May 1 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards 2008 Toronto, ON May 8 Summer Hiring Fair Calgary, AB May 10 – 18 Canada-wide Science Fair Ottawa, ON May 20 - 22 Futurallia Québec 2008 Quebec City, QC May 20 - 22 International Development Days Vancouver, BC May 25 - 28 Canadian Skills Competition Calgary, AB May 25 - 28 Rendezvous Canada Vancouver, BC May 28 Self Employment Discovery Workshop Toronto, On May 28 Conquering the Behavioural Interview Oakville, ON May 31 Calgary Education Fair Calgary, AB June 2 - 3 STORE 2008, Canada's Retail Conference Toronto, ON June 5 People in Motion Toronto, ON June 8 – 10 Apprenticeship – Our Competitive Advantage Victoria, BC June 11 – 12 Western Workplace Health 2008 Calgary, AB June 16 Bio Career Fair San Diego, CA 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. 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