National Edition - April 8, 2007  Jobboom in Toronto More than 9,000 job seekers gathered in Toronto this week for the 10th edition of The National Job Fair & Training Expo. Nearly 120 organizations from Canada, the U.S. and South Korea attended, with more than 3,500 job opportunities to fill in various fields. Jobboom.com was there to offer employers a special deal on posting jobs on our site. We also encouraged hundreds of job seekers to register and create career profiles. Click here to see Jobboom’s representatives at the National Job Fair and Training Expo. NEWSWORTHY Real estate market threatens mobility A softening real estate market is threatening employee mobility in the US. In many cases candidates are turning down job offers that require them to sell their homes and relocate. Also companies are no longer chipping-in to mitigate any losses caused by the untimely sale of new employees' homes. Often times, "telecommuting" helps bridge the gap, but this is only temporarily. One global watchdog pegged the average cost for a company relocating a new employee at $64,000. (Source: Christian Science Monitor) Has a new job opportunity ever forced you to sell your home and relocate? To answer, visit Career zone, and check out the Your opinion matters section. Employee entrance ceremonies across Japan Japan has a stringent corporate culture. However, April 1 was the start of the fiscal year that allowed formal entrance ceremonies for new employees and haiku-like benedictions for all. Some municipal workers attended this year's proceedings dressed for the gym, but that's because their first order of business was earthquake recovery. (Source: Mainichi News) Japanese boomers shift gears Out with the old and in with the new. The new fiscal year in Japan means that the first round of boomers will begin to retire-seeking to enjoy the fruits of their labours. These suddenly free-wheeling and wealthy retirees will single handedly create the country's "grey economy." (Source: Canoe) TRENDSPOTTING This is job recruiting? As a labour-shortage looms, the job market heats up, and a talent war escalates. Companies are resuming their aggressive, and sometimes whacky, ways to recruit top graduates. Not too long ago corporate America was cutting benefits, but now with a lower unemployment rate, job seekers have more negotiating power and clout. (Source: USA Today) GO GREEN! 100-Mile Suit As you get dressed in the morning, "business casual" may be one of the notions swirling in your mind. However, there's one socially conscious designer who dreams of "global economy," "industrial process," "sweat shops," and "Wal-Mart" in her morning daze. She set out to make a men's business suit out of exclusively local materials. A total of 20 like-minded artisans toiled for a total of 500 hours to make the finished product, which even included itchy, wool underwear and socks. (Source: Wired) Do you... recognize yourself in this taxonomy of office creatures? Hopefully your colleagues won't either. Illuminating illustrations accompany each: - The Night Stalker. - The Endangered Species. - The Beast. - The Whimperer. - The Nuisance. (Source: New York Magazine) April 11 - 12 Rotary Career Symposium Winnipeg, MB April 15 - 21 National Volunteer Week Canada-wide April 20 - 22 Global Youth Service Day World-wide April 25 - May 25 Keep it Atlantic Jobboom Roadshow Nova Scotia April 30 - May 2 6th Annual CTHRC Forum: "Can Tourism Deliver? Responding to the HR Crisis" Vancouver, BC April 30 - May 2 IT360° Conference & Expo 2007 Toronto, ON May 2 - 4 Building Tomorrow Today 2007 Edmonton, AB May 3 Yukon Job Fair 2007 Whitehorse, YK May 7 Interview Workshop Montreal, QC May 9 SLOME 2007 London, ON May 9 - 11 BC HRMA's 2nd Annual Provincial Charity Golf Tournament Vancouver, BC May 12 - 16 Connecting in the Global Village Winnipeg, MB May 14 7th Annual Montreal Self-Employed Artists Conference Montreal, QC May 15 - 16 Alberta Skills Competition and Trade and Technology Career Fair Edmonton, AB June 4 Interview Workshop Montreal, QC June 6 - 9 13th Canadian Skills Competitions Saskatoon, SK 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#