National Edition - May 27, 2007  The Ottawa Sun is launching a new online advertising campaign that targets specific employment sectors in the Ontario labour market. Jobboom and Sun Media have created a career website specifically for the Ottawa Sun called Ottawasun.jobboom.com. These partners have also put together a weekly Jobboom section for the paper. Now people who read the Ottawa Sun online or in print can connect with local content and jobs, and see what's happening across the country. JOBBOOM POLL Do you work full-time or on contract? To answer, visit Career zone, and check out the Your opinion matters section. NEWSWORHTY Trashed colleges Finals, commencement ceremonies, moving off campus, new jobs, and first encounters with the "real world" - late spring is indeed a busy time of year for college seniors. When these students leave, university dorms across North America remain littered with the detritus and paraphernalia of four-plus years of education and coming-of-age. See: how the media twists the recent grad's materialism and over-privilege into a feel-good story about charitable donations of discarded, like-new possessions. (Source: The Guardian) Demand for IT professionals reaches all-time high High-tech and IT employees worth their mettle know that their ultimate job is to eliminate their own positions through technology. Yet, they haven't been able to work fast enough, in fact, they're falling behind. Today, the demand for employees with computer networking, programming and digital media skills is at an all time high. Yet, interestingly, the terms of engagement have changed too. Now the number of contract employees is double that of those working full-time. (Source: Canadian HR Reporter) WATER COOLER NASA's uncomfortable reality In some cases, the cramped quarters of a NASA space mission could be seen as a microcosmic workplace. However, there are some unique workplace considerations that are NASA's alone. As the American space agency sets it sights on Mars, and space travel measured in years, it will have to mull over uncharted issues like death and sex among its orbiting employees. (Source: Wired) CAREER PATH Zara daughter to stack shelves Zara, the Spanish retailer of knock-off fashion items sold at outlets worldwide, has a new employee. It's the daughter of the brand's owner Amancio Ortega, recently named eighth richest man in the World according to Forbes Magazine. Starting her out at the bottom as a stock-girl, some may see as a savvy career move, others think it's about time this heiress-with the early nod as her father's successor-got a summer job. (Source: Stuff) Do you... want face-time or to rub shoulders with the chiefs of the American pharmaceutical and biotech industries? One possibility would be a chance encounter at one of their favourite restaurants or bars in Cambridge, Mass. •  Many biotech giants have their headquarters in or around Cambridge's Kendall Square. •  It's just a short distance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard. •  The high concentration of companies is also starting to spawn its own culture, with bars and lunch spots in the area catering to the biotech set. (Source: Boston Globe) May 28 Mississauga Business Exchange Mississauga, ON June 1 Diversity Workplace Aftershock Vancouver, BC June 1-3 Learning to Lead Vancouver, BC June 3-5 The Webby Awards New York, NY June 3-6 CACEE's 2007 National Conference Kingston, ON June 4-5 Work and Learning Symposium Ottawa, ON June 7 Canada's Trade Policy: A Look Ahead Gatineau, QC June 8-10 nextMEDIA: The Future of Digital Content Banff, AB June 13-14 NAPP Job Fair 2007 Toronto, ON June 15-17 Robogames San Francisco, CA June 17-18, 2007 Building Your Consulting Business Symposium Harrison Hot Springs, BC July 4-6 5th World Chambers Congress Istambul, Turkey July 17-18 2007 Wireless and Mobile Expo and Conference Toronto, ON 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#