National Adult Literacy Database

Under the project, information and communications technology employers will work with the Aboriginal Workforce Development Initiative to recruit at least 150 Aboriginal persons in New Brunswick. A focus will be providing industry-driven training to help participants prepare for future employment.

The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) requires a field development officer. The deadline for applications is October 7, 2011.

Since Raise-A-Reader was launched nationally in 2002, the fundraising and awareness initiative has raised more than $17 million for literacy programs. On September 28, 27 Postmedia newspapers participated from coast-to-coast to raise money for programs in their own communities.

When a resumé looks too good to be true, it just might be, according to recent research from OfficeTeam. Forty-seven per cent of managers polled believe job seekers include dishonest information on their resumés somewhat or very often.

Young brains soak up the information around them like tiny, too-cute sponges. That's the reason, put simply, why it is important to get children interested in reading in the early years of life.

A study, titled Math Instruction that Makes Sense, produced by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, is said to demonstrate conclusively that "traditional math education methods are superior to the highly ineffective, discovery-based instructional techniques that are in vogue now in educational curricula."

There are three generations active in the contemporary workplace, and broadly speaking each has a different approach to work: baby boomers live to work, gen-Xers work to live and millennials see their work and life as undivided and so are drawn to a livelihood that aligns to what they see as their purpose in life.

In the traditional culture of the Aboriginal people who live in Treaty 3, education means learning for life and their leaders are teaching that lesson to the nation. A national panel on First Nations education has eight stops in Canada as it prepares its report for the Assembly of First Nations and the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.

Among the common complaints about workplace email, people say they either don’t understand the emails they receive because they contain run-on sentences or grammatical problems, or the tone of the message comes across as being offensive or annoying.

It is well documented that Canadian firms are falling behind in investing in skills development. However, it is also well documented that learning has a positive impact on key business measures such as job performance and productivity.

The Canadian Coalition for Tomorrow's ICT Skills has launched CareerMash, a spectrum of outreach initiatives designed to challenge and change perceptions about the technology-related careers that Canada's economy needs today and tomorrow.

Overworked, under-rewarded, disengaged and looking for a way out -- that's the state of the average Canadian worker these days, according to a recent survey by Mercer, a global consulting and outsourcing firm.

Canada's hiring pace should remain steady for the last part of the year, according to survey results released by the staffing agency Manpower. The survey shows a net employment outlook of 13 per cent for the fourth quarter.

The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has integrated the content of its former NALD@Work website into the main NALD site. Users now have the option of viewing all content or choosing to view only literacy information or essential skills content.

Employment was little changed for the second consecutive month in August and the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 7.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada's new Labour Force Survey.