Quebec headlines
CDÉACF wins NALD Innovative Technology Award for its new website Compétencesessentielles.ca
Posted: June 27, 2012 | 
Category: Essential skills
The Centre de documentation sur l’éducation des adultes et la condition féminine (CDÉACF), located in Montreal, has won the NALD Innovative Technology Award for its new online repository: Compétencesessentielles.ca - 9 Compétences Essentielles pour apprendre, travailler et vivre.
Essential Skills Good Practices Guide available online from ACCC
Posted: June 22, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The Essential Skills Good Practice Guide from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) was produced as a result of the Working with the Community project focusing on the development of Essential Skills (ES) tools and practices.
"CUPE has a proud history of supporting our First Nations, Inuit and Métis members. Our National Aboriginal Council works to increase participation of Aboriginal peoples in our union, and promotes and defends the rights of Aboriginal workers in both our union and in the community." - Paul Moist, national president, and Charles Fleury, national secretary-treasurer
Summer's not the time to take vacation from job search
Posted: June 14, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Stacy Parker, executive vice-president of Randstad Canada, says job seekers should resist the temptation to take the summer off from job searching. "The summer season can be a prime hiring time for some employers. Many projects gear up in the fall, and employers want new people in place."
Engineering and construction named the country's hottest sector by Canadians
Posted: June 12, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
"This boost in the engineering and construction sector renders an undeniable need for experienced and talented professionals to power up the industry," says Mike Winterfield, president of Randstad Professionals. "But as the sector surges, skilled workers will become harder to find."
Despite a conservative hiring forecast, nearly four in 10 (38 per cent) executives said they face a recruiting environment that is either somewhat or very challenging. This is up from 32 per cent last quarter.
After two months of positive employment numbers, Canadian employers take hiring time-out in May
Posted: June 8, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Following two months of large gains, employment was unchanged in May, and the unemployment rate remained at 7.3 per cent.
Workers say flexible schedules, leaving early on Fridays most prized summer benefits
Posted: June 7, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Thirty-seven per cent of executives indicated their organization has activities such as a company picnic or potluck, and 35 per cent relax their dress code during the summer months.
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