National Adult Literacy Database

You can learn a lot about what it feels like to work somewhere, and whether you will make the right connection, simply by walking around and observing. Is there a lot of earnest conversation in which people seem engaged? Do people seem happy?

Women in New Brunswick made up half the working population in the province in 2011, matching the national level for the first time, according to a new report.

The Opportunities Program provides a means for Literacy NL to partner with local community groups, providing the resources needed to support local action. The program fosters, encourages, and supports community initiatives related to adult and/or family learning, or workforce development.

Career Focus provides funding for employers and organizations to create career-related work experiences for post-secondary graduates. The Government of Canada is presently accepting applications for funding from organizations interested in receiving financial assistance for the delivery of Career Focus activities.

Although not entirely conjoined, the law makes it expensive for employers and employees to separate. While most people appreciate that employers can't terminate employees with impunity, few realize employees are similarly entangled. Most Canadian employees believe they can leave whenever they wish, provided they give two weeks' notice.

Job seekers face a multitude of perplexing questions. To make matters more confusing, there are often no clear-cut answers and much depends on situational factors. Unless you happen to know someone in human resources with whom you can address these uncertainties, it can be very stressful go it alone.

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.