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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
Internet at work: Survey says most Canadians are granted access
Posted: May 2, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
When it comes to employers limiting access to the Internet at work, Randstad Canada says employers should rethink their assumptions. "The use of email and the Internet has become an integral part of today's workplace. They offer a great deal of benefits to corporations, such as improved communication among employees, improved customer support and research capabilities."
Mike Holmes: A life fulfilled in the skilled trades
Posted: May 1, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
"Why is having pride so important in the skilled trades? Because it pushes people to do better — and these are definitely industries where you want people to do their best. People who are proud of their work will put in the extra hours to learn a new technique. They’ll talk to colleagues about what works and what doesn’t." — Mike Holmes
On International Workers' Day: Five reasons not to mind income gaps
Posted: May 1, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
On the occasion of International Workers' Day, also known as May Day, the Montreal Economic Institute's Yanick Labrie shines a light on five reasons why income inequality is less worrisome than it appears to be.
Summer Institute 2012: Workplace literacy and essential skills: Shaping a new learning culture
Posted: April 27, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Early bird registration for the Summer Institute 2012 in Montreal is open until May 1, 2012. The event, set for June 27-29, will focus on questions about the roles of context and culture as factors in program outcomes.
Why is CUPE involved with literacy work? (video)
Posted: April 27, 2012 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
CUPE has been active in literacy work for over a decade. A right for all, literacy helps workers succeed on the job and in life, and it can be a critical foundation for further training and education.
Canadians among most satisfied employees in the world: study
Posted: April 25, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
According to the latest Randstad Workmonitor study, one out of three Canadians say they are very satisfied with their current employer - placing Canadians at the highest employee satisfaction levels reported globally.
Conference Board says 'full employment' not expected in Canada until 2016
Posted: April 18, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Canada’s economy was near full employment before the 2008-09 recession. Although Canada has recovered all the jobs lost during the recession, it will take another four years to bring the unemployment rate back down to about six per cent.
Have you given any thought to managing two careers?
Posted: April 18, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Having two careers at once is an ambitious proposition and yet not that unusual these days. For some people, a second career may be about creating an additional income stream. For others, it’s about a passion.
18 worksites recruited for Measures of Success research project
Posted: April 12, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The worksite recruitment phase of the Measures of Success research project has now ended. Eighteen worksites – including 10 in Manitoba and eight in Nova Scotia – were successfully recruited and are participating in the project.
Volunteer Canada set for launch of Canadian Code for Volunteer Involvement
Posted: April 12, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
“Volunteers are fundamental to the health of our communities nationwide because they support us and everything we do,” said Ruth MacKenzie, President and CEO of Volunteer Canada. “Recognizing Canada’s 13.3 million volunteers effectively inspires them to stay engaged and involved.”
Growth opportunities number one way employees like to be recognized
Posted: April 12, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Want to keep employees satisfied in their jobs without one foot out the door? Give them a little credit, a new OfficeTeam survey suggests. More than half of workers interviewed said they would be somewhat or very likely to leave their current position if they didn't feel appreciated by their manager.
The overlap between work and private time in Canada is substantial, according to a new report. A total of 46 per cent handle private matters during working hours, 51 per cent handle work-related matters in private time, and 44 per cent receive work-related calls or e-mails when on holiday.
New curricula available from Further Education Society
Posted: April 11, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The Further Education Society of Alberta (FESA) is excited to announce that its newest curricula Aboriginal Workplace Learning Circles (AWLC) and Workplace Learning Circles (WLC) are now available.
Structural shifts in the labour market mean “workers in declining industries may not have the skills or experience to match immediately the needs of employers in expanding industries,” Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said in a speech recently.
Job numbers entering positive territory, according to new Statistics Canada report
Posted: April 5, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Following four months of little change, employment increased by 82,000 in March, mostly in full-time work. This brought the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.2 per cent.
NALD's Innovative Technology Award - Last chance for nominations
Posted: April 5, 2012 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The award recognizes outstanding achievement in developing and implementing a technology initiative that contributes to the advancement of adult literacy and essential skills. Specifically, the product, project or service should promote, support and/or facilitate knowledge exchange within the adult literacy community.
NALD's Feature of the Month - Educational resources for the gaming industry
Posted: April 3, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The Essential Skills in the Gaming Industry website contains a wealth of information about the industry itself and responsible gaming. It also features a new series of documents to assist individuals with their skill levels beyond the core competencies required for employment positions. The series is also available in the NALD library.
Office of Literacy and Essential Skills releases spring e-bulletin (PDF)
Posted: April 2, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) at HRSDC is a centre of expertise with a workplace focus, building awareness and capacity in what works in order to improve the literacy and essential skills of adult Canadians.
Literacy and essential skills help job seekers network
Posted: March 23, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Job seekers need strong communications skills to implement the recommended networking strategy involved with finding new work.
Aboriginal community an untapped market for labour, key to Canadian economic growth
Posted: March 21, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
“As the Canadian labour market tightens and the natural resources sectors expand, we have a unique opportunity for an educated, skilled Aboriginal population to become full participants in a robust Canadian economy,” said John Duncan, federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, in Calgary recently.
CLLN to conduct labour market study of literacy and essential skills workers
Posted: March 20, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
In 2012-2013 CLLN, funded by OLES, will conduct a large-scale survey of L/ES practitioners to get a comprehensive picture of who works in the L/ES field. The study will allow CLLN to provide a picture of the demographics of L/ES practitioners as well as what kinds of work they do, where they do it and how they do it.
NWT Literacy Council posts short survey for International Adult Learners' Week
Posted: March 16, 2012 | | Adult Learners' Week in Canada
| Adult Learners' Week in CanadaCategories: Essential skills, Learning
March 24 to April 1, 2012, is International Adult Learners' Week. Members of Canada's literacy and essential skills community want to know how YOU continue to learn throughout the years.
With a multi-generational workforce, Gen X could be getting the squeeze
Posted: March 15, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Dr. Philip Hunter, a director in PwC's People and Change practice, believes that Gen Xers are perhaps being "squeezed" by older workers delaying retirement, and younger, more aggressive Gen Ys intent on rising through the ranks quickly.
Networking still viewed as most reliable way to find new employment
Posted: March 13, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
There's no question that some job-search approaches are more productive than others. Richard Bolles devotes several pages of his book What Colour Is Your Parachute? to exploring the most and least effective angles.
Building Success for Immigrants with Essential Skills: OLES to host webinar on March 22 (PDF)
Posted: March 13, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
This webinar hopes to bring together a wide variety of stakeholders
to discuss the importance of essential skills for immigrants in today's
knowledge-based economy, to exchange valuable information and to showcase
innovative approaches on how to support the development of immigrants'
essential skills.
Agencies will be required to keep full records of their recruiting activities and register their agents with the Government of Alberta. These changes will assist in the investigation and prosecution of companies that exploit vulnerable workers.
Year-to-year analysis of labour force shows positive numbers trend
Posted: March 9, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Compared to 12 months earlier, employment in Canada was up by 121,000 (+0.7%), with the bulk of the increase occurring in the first half of the period, according to the new Labour Force Survey results from Statistics Canada.
‘I’m still learning:’ NALD marks International Adult Learners’ Week
Posted: March 8, 2012 | | Adult Learners' Week in Canada
| Adult Learners' Week in CanadaCategories: Essential skills, Learning
“Change is everywhere in today’s workplace,” says Bill Stirling, CEO of the National Adult Literacy Database. “New technologies, global competitors, new markets and changing standards or certifications mean that workers today are constantly dealing with change. They have to be continuous learners and problem solvers.”
Canada faces labour shortage in growing health information field
Posted: March 6, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Lori MacMullin, president of the Centre for Distance Education (CD-ED), an accredited national online distance learning college with headquarters in Nova Scotia, says "Electronic Health Information Systems are where the world is heading, and there's a real need in Canada for professionals in this area."
There are three components to the problem of labour shortages. The first two – an aging and shrinking work force, and a knowledge-skills shortage – have been well documented. But the third is a shortage of the essential skills required in any job.
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