Top 5 questions HR professionals ask about resumes of internationally qualified professionals

... (and the answers to them!), Written by: Michelle Pinchev
 By guest contributor, Najia Alavi, Marketing Manager, Career Edge Organization

Extract:
1. “Why do so many newcomers’ resumes read like those of generalists?”
2. “Why do immigrants’ resumes so often emphasize job responsibilities instead of their professional achievements?”
3. “How am I supposed to know if the international college/university listed on an internationally qualified professional’s resume is a credible one”
4. “Why do internationally qualified professionals always seem to have 3 or 4 page long resumes – do they really think we need to know their entire life history?”   
5. “Why, oh why, do some new Canadians include personal information like their marital status, date of birth – and sometimes, even their photographs – on their resumes?”   continue reading: Top 5 questions HR professionals ask... click here or here

Top Ways to Find a Job

Extract:

1. Tell everyone you know that you are looking for work.
2. Write a good résumé.
3. Look for work every day.
4. Use the resources available to you.
5. Look at community bulletin boards.
6. Visit job fairs.
7. Register with headhunting/personnel agencies.
8. Knock on every door.
9. Stay motivated.continue reading @ Regional Municipality of York
   See also, Employment Placement with Incentives program: Paid Employment  

Tolerance a Canadian Myth or Fact

Two current news stories give you two shades of opinions, and we value your opinions, right?

• Tolerance a Canadian myth — DAVE DALE’s Soapboxing [highlight: Our tolerance for weather is also a reflection of not being able to tolerate people.]
• Canadians are the most tolerant people in the developed world: report‎  [highlight: At 84 per cent on average, Canadians report the highest community tolerance of minority groups—ethnic minorities, migrants, and gays and lesbians—in the OECD, where the average is 61 per cent.”]

So, what do you feel, reading the above?

The Worst Resume Mistake EVER! @ Monster.ca

Extract:

Tip 1. Don’t Rely Entirely on Spell Check When Proofreading
Tip 2. Customize Your Wording To The Job You’re Applying For
Tip 3. Send It In The Proper Format
Continue reading the full article: The Worst Resume Mistake EVER, by By Mark Swartz, Monster Senior Contributing Writer

On the same shelf:

5 Resume Mistakes You Are Making And How To Avoid Them -- see also: www.huffingtonpost.com

Who is hiring now in Toronto

There is a long list of potential companies that are hiring.

Craigslist's Jobs list is frequently updated. Click here for the current posting

• See also craigslist SCAM ALERT

• RCMP probing 'mystery shopper' scam posing as $150-an-hour job

• Two new scams currently being used by con artists in Ontario

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• City of Toronto: Apply for a job
• Education Canada Network  
• Rogers
• Home Depot: www.homedepot.monstermediaworks.ca/
• www.walmart.ca/Careers
• Zellers / HBC: www.hbc.com/hbc/careers/default.asp 
• Rona: www.career.rona.ca/stores/job-offers.aspx
• Brick: Careers
• BadBoy: Careers
• Leons: View All Jobs: Scarborough, Mississauga,  Danforth
• Futureshop: Click here to see our current openings.
• Best Buy

See on the same shelf:

• It’s a paradox: high unemployment with serious labour shortages

It’s a paradox: high unemployment with serious labour shortages

Doug Saunders | Globe and Mail, Feb. 19, 2011

The above news headline offers a moment for reflection for all concerned about the real picture of Canadian job market. Is there then, a job saturation? If yes, does the labor market spell the sectors? If not, how does one justify the following:

"Looming shortage of ICT workers: study"

'Unqualified' interpreters working in courts‎

CTV Toronto - New jobs created, but unemployment edges up

Nursing Shortage. What is it? How severe is it? How will it impact ...‎:

Hoping for a fulltime teaching job? Think again
Oversupply of education graduates fueling teaching job shortage in Ontario

Canadian surgeons face flat-lining job market‎

Who will heal the nursing crisis?‎

Changing standards for training schools have created a flood of dental hygienists

In another sense the paradox is multidimensional, there is resume flood, there is an endless preaching about trimming the resume, customizing, etc., etc., as in the following instances,

as depicted in this news story @ IT Business Edge: Companies Must Find Solution to Resume Overload.

there is a constant effort to trim the resume, as in these two news stories: LinkedIn’s top buzzwords list can help job hunters By Rafael Ruffolo, 14 Dec 2010 in ComputerWorld Canada; and
10 Tips for Integrating Social Media and LinkedIn in to Your Job Search in 2011, in Windmills Marketing.

More on the same shelf:

When the Marketing Reach of Social Media Backfires

Ottawa tech firm joins RIM in tablet computer war

Alberta a 'job-creation machine' while rest of country lags behind‎

New Canadians may help Ottawa labour crunch‎

Same old won't help young Canadians‎

Staff shortage forces overtime‎

For job-hunting PhDs, the degree was the easy part, [read as: finding a job is the v.v.v. difficult part]

A Job Search Evening @ Mississauga Central Library

My book discussion, A Job Search Evening, @ Mississauga Central Library, 301 Burnhamthorpe Road West, March 2, 2011, 7 - 8 p.m. See the event details, here.


See the book details, here: Job Search The Canadian Way: What Works, What Doesn't



PS. The book can now be ordered via COUTTS, S&B Books Ltd., and Amazon's Createspace.
Or Download Ebook.

Follow Event @ Facebook @ Twitter.

Internet metering in Canada: Media Monitoring

Latest update: Usage Billing For Internet is Over
CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein said the introduction of the usage-based billing for smaller ISPs customer will be delayed by the regulator for 60 days. The file will also be reviewed.

Best story, so far:

Geist: The real reason we pay so much for Internet, Toronto Star, Published On Sun Feb 06 2011:

Extract (see the image on right):

While addressing the CRTC decision is a good start, Canadians will be disappointed — some even surprised — to learn that Internet “metering” is already almost uniformly in place. The “caps” are the existing and common provider limits on usage, above which you are billed extra. They are unlikely to disappear anytime soon, what ever the CRTC decides after its review.

More images of Internet Usage Meters @ Google

Why not a metered Internet? The Globe and Mail

Seeing red over metered Internet, National Post

Stop The Meter On Your Internet Use, By Spectre

Fired up? Start a twitter petition, Vancouver Observer

Bell Canada: doing the Netflix hoki poki, p2pnet

CRTC reversal may not improve internet service, February 3, 2011 By Peja Bulatovic, CBC News

How the Real-Time Web Changes Job Search

The Internet as One Giant Job Board. A Quintessential Careers Annual Report 2010, by Katharine Hansen, Ph.D.
Extract:
Here are the major trends we've observed about Internet job-hunting in the past year

The real-time Web is changing job search

Especially in the current economy, hiring decision-makers are increasingly deploying low-cost methods for finding candidates

Use of social-media, the fastest-growing recruiting method, is expanding overall (not just for job search), and niche social-media venues are emerging, the same way niche job boards emerged.

Job boards are increasingly integrating social-media functions, and hybrid job-board/social-media venues are emerging.

The job-board realm is simultaneously contracting and expanding.

Whether or not job boards die, some of their most ubiquitous products will probably die.

Face-to-face job-search techniques are more important than ever.

Final thoughts: At a time when the entire Internet can be thought of as one giant job board, no single online tool is the ultimate key to job-search success.
... Continue reading
See also: Advice: Stop Being Creative in Your Job Search
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• An Introduction to Recruiting with Web 2.0 Technologies and Survey Results  
• Why Facebook Could Be Hurting Your Job Hunt Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-could-be-hurting-your-job-hunt-2011-2#ixzz1Mjyu8El8