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March 16, 2010 Edition 

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Social media are proving to be fertile ground for job hunters. You may not even know your most important connection as of yet. Sites like Twitter level the playing field, granting unparalleled access to conversations with industry leaders and decision makers. Even traditional job search sites like Jobboom are now using Twitter to reach job seekers more efficiently!

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Naps may improve performance
Napping may improve an individual’s ability to learn by up to 10 per cent, a new study suggests. Can you say improved performance?
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(Source: NPR)
Job behaviour
Toilet tantrum cost Queen Latifah job
A young Queen Latifa lost it on her assistant manager at Burger King. Snap. But that didn’t stop her from dreaming big and achieving greatness.
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(Source: Canoe, Jam)
Market trends
Working from home is the new calling in sick
Peace? Quiet? Being unreachable while healing in bed? Not so much. Now sick employees must “stay connected” while languishing in a feverish coma.
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(Source: Canoe, Lifewise)
 
 
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 Q&A  
 

A bewildered customer service employee with environmentalist tendencies realizes that dealing with the general public is just not his cup of tea. Instead, online self-assessments quizzes point towards the sciences. With a household to support and student loans to pay, this individual is in need of rock-solid advice. What should he do?

To find out, visit the Online Counsellor at CanLearn.

 
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March 22
Maple Leaf Sports Entertainment Job Fair
Toronto, Ont.

April 22
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work
International

May 7
Comox Valley Education and Career Fair
Comox, B.C.

To read more about upcoming employment and training events, click here.

 
 
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