Top 10 Things You Shouldn't Include on Your Resume: Silicon India

PS. Most of these are common mistakes, new Canadian immigrants need to AVOID!!!

23 August 2012
Extract:
10. Using too many objectives
9. About Your Short-term jobs
8. Strange Hobbies
7. Revealing private matters
6. Writing the resume in extra pages
5. Writing the resume in the third person
4. Including references
3. Mentioning current company’s phone number or mail-id
2. Bad usage of English grammar
1. Attaching Photographs

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Info courtesy, Tripathi Online Educare

Young and old spend same amount of time job-hunting: Statistics Canada

By: Steve Rennie, The Canadian Press, 08/22/2012

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OTTAWA - Older unemployed workers spend as much time looking for a job as younger ones, according to a new Statistics Canada study.

The agency says unemployed people aged 55 to 64 spent an average of 13 hours a week looking for work — the same as those between the ages of 20 and 34.

But the study found key differences in the way each age group looked for jobs.

Older people were more likely to look at job ads and less likely to use the Internet than younger job hunters.

Younger people were more likely to contact employers directly as their main method of finding a job.

Both age groups turned to employment agencies in similar numbers. continue reading

Ads coming soon to Toronto Public Library date-due slips

Daniel Dale, Urban Affairs Reporter, Toronto Star

Extract:

Don’t forget to bring back No Logo on time. And don’t forget the Golden Arches.

The Toronto Public Library has issued a request for proposals in search of a company to sell advertisements on the back of date-due slips. A second request for proposals seeks a consultant to “evaluate all library channels and vehicles” for other advertising opportunities.

Both requests were approved by the library board in February. The library system has never before sold ads outside its publication What’s On, though it allows companies to sponsor programs like the TD Summer Reading Club.

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How do you know you're in Toronto? It's the little things

By Laura DeMarco, The Plain Dealer, June 02, 2012, cleveland.com

Extract:

TORONTO, Ontario -- "You've got to try the boiled beef and cabbage!"

Well, I did want to get the flavor of Toronto on a recent weekend trip to the cosmopolitan city 300 miles to our northeast. But did I want to get the literal flavor -- from this "very Canadian meal" recommended by the server at Canadian comfort cuisine bistro Bannock (401 Bay St.) in the bustling financial district?

The heavy meal seemed too daunting, with a Friday evening of pub-and-club hopping planned. So I asked for some lighter, but still authentic, options. Continue reading: How do you know you're in Toronto?

How to Get a Job After a Year (or More) Out of Work

Extract from the same source:
Liz Wolgemuth, U.S.News & World Report June 10, 2010

8 Steps to a Job After a Long Unemployment

Stop blaming yourself (Sure, some companies are hiring again);

Stop wasting your time ("There's nothing that takes the place of a strategic and targeted job search," says Judy Conti);

Spend most of your time making new friends (Check out the Facebook and LinkedIn integrations offered by SimplyHired.com and Indeed.com);

Pitch yourself to your last employer ("Going back to former companies and even former bosses or coworkers, wherever they might have gone, is a great strategy," says John Challenger of outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. These people know you and your work. That freelance assignment can help you fill a hole in your resume);

Find a project (You may not find paid work, but that doesn't mean this time is a complete wash);

Practice interviewing;

Sell, sell, sell yourself, you big discounted talent!;

Act hopeful (whether or not you feel like it). Continue reading Eight Steps

Info courtesy: localhelpwanted.ca April 28- May 12, 2012

Attributes that are most sought by Canadian employers

A job application requires two major components, viz., qualifications (education, work experience, etc.) and qualities (Character attributes or behavioral attributes).
These qualities, most-wanted by employers, include:

1. Attitude (your personal values)
   
2. Communication Skills (verbal and written)
   
3. Task-related Skills
   
4. Problem-solving
   
5. Decision-making
   
6. Interpersonal skills or Teamwork skills (the ability to relate with other people)
   
7. Commitment to the Job
   
8. Strong work ethic
   
9. Honesty and integrity
   
10. Motivation and initiative
    
11. Flexibility and adaptability
    
12. Computer skills
    
13. Analytical skills
    
14. Organizational skills
    

On the same shelf:

Job Seekers | Career Resources | Top Skills Employers Want

What Canadian Employers Want in Employees

EXTRACT: To be successful as an immigrant in the Canadian labour market you need to know what the Canadian employers want and are looking for. Then, you have to market yourself and communicate to the potential employer that you do have the attributes and skills they are looking for.

The CACEE Campus Recruitment and Benchmark Survey Report ...

Verbal communication skills and analytical ability are the dominant skill attributes that Canadian employers seek from their new graduate hires.

Character Development Initiative Ontario boards and schools

Figuring Out What Employers Want, YMCA of Greater Toronto

And don’t forget the following basic attributes of all great job candidates.

Communication: Candidates should actively listen, understand, and learn. They should be comfortable working with the text- and graphic-based written materials used in a particular role

Thinking: Great applicants know how to think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems, and make decisions. They use math skills to understand and solve problems, then make use of the results. They're comfortable with the technology of business, and can choose the right tool for the job

Learning: A commitment to lifelong learning can make a strong impression on a potential employer

Canadian Charter's 30th birthday - Media monitoring

The Charter was adopted during the tenure of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau when the Constitution was repatriated from the United Kingdom on April 17, 1982. Queen Elizabeth II attended a ceremony on Parliament Hill to sign the documents that transformed Canada from a parliamentary democracy to a constitutional one. -- source: World News Report, -- Free Smart Phone App of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and canadianlawsite.ca

  Is the Charter changing Canada for the worse? Toronto Star

  6 big changes the Charter of Rights has brought, CBC.ca

  At 30, the Charter of Rights has reshaped our society, for the better Toronto Star

  Why this year could prove to be the Charter's most controversial, Globe and Mail
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  Conservatives mark Charter anniversary, Toronto Sun
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  Every Canadian's eco-rights need Charter protection, Globe and Mail
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  Andrew Coyne: Canada’s Charter of Rights imposes vital limits on the discretion of government, National Post

  Liberals celebrate charter, TheChronicleHerald.ca

  A charter we can debate endlessly, London Free Press

From the bloggers world:

  I Miss My Childhood: Happy 30th Charter!

  Just Musing: The 30th Anniversary Of The Charter

  Canadian Daily Digest, INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.

  Whatever.com: Not Your Ancestor's Magna Carta


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Federal budget 2012: Skilled immigrants urge investments into talents already in Canada

Nicholas Keung, Immigration Reporter, Toronto Star, Sat Mar 31 2012

Naseem Ahmed Pasha, 44, from India, finished medical school at Mysore University and practised for three years in India, followed by nine in Saudi Arabia. He's passed the Canadian exams but can't get into the requisite residency.

Every evening after dinner, Naseem Ahmed Pasha would don his dress pants and dress shirt, and say goodbye to his three boys, telling them he was leaving for work in hospital.

By the time Pasha, a family doctor from India, got to his worksite, he would change into his uniform, the uniform of a security guard, for his 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift at a Toronto condominium – for $8.50 an hour.

Before Pasha arrived Canada in 2006 under the skilled immigrant program, he was confident he would soon be able to use his skills and contribute to this country in a meaningful way.

After all, he has a medical degree from India’s University of Mysore and practiced medicines first in India and then in Saudi Arabia for 15 years. In his two years as a security guard here, he studied and passed all the qualifying exams and had his credentials certified.

Yet today, instead of treating patients and curing diseases, Pasha is sweeping floors and lifting heavy merchandise at a Toronto home improvement hardware store on survival wages.

“It’s a very tough pill to swallow,” said the 44-year-old, choking back tears. “I wasn’t prepared for this kind of jobs. But coming here, you have to survive and put bread on the table.

“I didn’t tell my kids because I come from a culture where being a doctor is an honourable and noble profession. Now my status has dropped, doing blue-collar jobs. It would have a bad impact on my kids.”
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Marni Soupcoff: Why so many immigrant professionals are driving cabs . And what Jason Kenney can do about it, Mar 29, 2012 nationalpost.com

Extract:
The federal government’s new plan to hire a private firm to assess the educational credentials of potential immigrants is wise....

This is a far cry from a solution to Canada’s problem with smoothly integrating immigrants into the labour market, however.

In some ways, it’s beside the point since it has no impact on the biggest challenge for new Canadians seeking work: the protectionist provincial, municipal and professional occupational licensing requirements that make entering a trade or profession an unnecessarily long, expensive and difficult (if not impossible) process.

These regulations are more about raising government revenues and coddling industry insiders from competition than they are about helping the public.

The problem is that they get so little attention or scrutiny that they remain in place unchallenged year after year – at great cost to both the country’s economy and new Canadians trying to make a living for themselves and their families.

At a minimum, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney should commit to assembling statistics on the economic impact of the country’s professional licensing requirements.

Here is a small sampling of Ontario’s occupational licensing regime and the hoops through which foreign-trained workers have to jump in order to get a job in the province:

Someone who wants to do any teaching, researching, selling or giving advice about crops or livestock must register with the Ontario Institute of Agrologists as a “professional agrologist.” ...

Someone who wants to work as a dietician must register with the College of Dietitians of Ontario.

Someone who wants to work as an accountant must become a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Is it any wonder there are so many immigrant professionals driving cabs?
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Will a library strike affect you -- cp24 poll

What do the people say @ CP24.com:

Yes (24 %) 830 votes
No (76 %) 2573 votes

NEWS UPDATE: Toronto’s Public Library workers on strike as talks stall, National Post
Extract: We entered this negotiation with the goal to protect workers and the services they provide — we were not seeking major gains,” Maureen O’Reilly, president of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, says.

on the same shelf:

Libraries need to evolve The Queen's Journal

Close libraries? Nonsense, say supporters, Belleville Intelligencer
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Closing libraries not simple story | Toronto & GTA

Story time to go: Libraries try to reach kids who aren't being ... The Washington Post

How to cut council spending without closing libraries The Telegraph

Blackburn library users face reduced hours Lancashire
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Library union brought to book: Levy, The Sun
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