National Adult Literacy Database

Under the existing Youth Employment Strategy, this new $50-million initiative will be dedicated to projects that will connect approximately 3,000 young Canadians with private sector jobs in fields that are in high demand, such as the skilled trades and tourism. The projects will help employers fill labour shortages while providing youth with the on-the-job experience they need to transition into a career.

Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads. The report examines the number of NALD Library documents which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the NALD website

Workers with disabilities are dramatically under-represented in private-sector companies governed by the Employment Equity Act, the most recent annual government report on disability issues shows. However, they are over-represented in the public service.

Skills at Work, ASPECT's new online Essential Workplace Skills Training Program, teaches the skills that employers want and employees need. The material is presented in four interactive modules.

Through a competitive process, the Sectoral Initiatives Program will fund partnership-based projects that are national in scope and that support the development of labour market intelligence to help address skills shortages in key sectors of Canada’s economy.

The study also found nearly half of workers don't confront their bullies and the majority of incidents go unreported. The survey was conducted online by Harris Interactive from May 14 to June 4, 2012, and included more than 550 workers nationwide.

The author of the book 'The Five Dysfunctions of a Team' looks at what can make teams in the workplace highly dysfunctional. He then presents ideas on how to move from a dysfunctional team to a highly functional one, by working through the dysfunctional areas.

Nova Scotians working in apprenticeships out West are scrambling after the provincial government accidentally discovered it cannot credit apprenticeship hours earned outside the province. The problem comes to light just as Nova Scotia is trying to find a way to boost its flagging apprenticeship completion rates.

In December 2009, the N.B. Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour published Working Together for Adult Literacy: An Adult Literacy Strategy for New Brunswick. Subsequent to the release of the strategy, an action plan was developed. This document reports on the achievements, progress and challenges experienced within the strategic priorities during the first phase of the plan.

According to a survey of 1,180 Ontario high school students in grades 10 and 11, commissioned by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, tomorrow's college and university students are decidedly job-focused today.

A new CIBC poll of Canadians in the heart of the baby boom (aged 50-59) shows that while retirement is just around the corner for many, they have come up short on their savings goals and plan to supplement their income by working in retirement.

As September fast approaches, so does the shopping scramble to outfit university- and college-bound students with electronics and other back-to-school gear. How do you know which tools will actually make a difference in the classroom, or which will give you the most bang for your buck?

In the survey, nearly four out of 10 (39 per cent) workers interviewed said knowing their career path is very important to their overall job satisfaction. Nearly half (48 per cent) of respondents feel this feedback is at least somewhat important.

Employment growth in the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is expected to strengthen rapidly through 2016, with the addition of about 12,000 new jobs as shipbuilding activity ramps up, according to a new report

Following two months of little change, employment in July declined by 30,000, the result of losses in part-time work. The unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points to 7.3 per cent.