Michel Cournoyer

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Below you’ll find possibly the strongest reason for skipping bartending school. Below is an actual job posting for a bartender gig.  It gives a clear breakdown of job responsibilities.  It also says nothing about bartending schools, certificates, degrees, etc.  We’ve added notes…

The Canadian Skills Shortage: Keeping Tradespeople Employed for the Foreseeable Future – MarketWatch

The current challenge of all major industrial manufacturers in Canada is the shortage of skilled workers with the right experience. Research conducted by the Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress, (CSTEC) underscores this challenge in the broader Steel Sector. With a very high value-add per employee, when compared to the rest of manufacturing, the broader … Continue reading →

How will Washington meet its growing need for STEM degrees? | HeraldNet.com – Opinion

A top Boeing official recently shared this sobering statistic: that 50 percent of Boeing’s engineers will be eligible to retire by 2015. Similar and equally frightening statistics pertain to the growing need for engineers in the energy industry, the transportation systems sector, and the civil infrastructure arena. Another projection shows that by 2018 the state … Continue reading →

UK | A retreat on workfare would fail our young – Telegraph

It is one thing for the Conservatives to let the Liberal Democrats make the political weather. It is quite another to cede the terrain to the Socialist Workers Party. Yet this week, SWP activists have managed to whip up a storm of protest over the Goverment’s flagship work experience scheme, claiming – absurdly – that … Continue reading →

Cost of hiring Sri Lankan maids ‘unreasonably high’ – Arab News

Several Saudi citizens have decried an exorbitant hike in recruitment charges by the Sri Lankan manpower recruitment offices and middlemen. They noted that the recruitment offices have raised the charges for hiring housemaids from $3,000 to about $4,000, and that was in clear violation of the agreements signed earlier between the two countries. The citizens … Continue reading →

Bank of Montreal cuts 60 capital markets jobs

Bank of Montreal has cut 60 jobs at its capital markets division, and Canada’s No. 4 bank said staff reductions are due to concerns about productivity in the current capital markets environment. “The reductions are part of our focus on productivity and we would expect to continue to be hiring over the course of the … Continue reading →

Governors flank Obama on job growth pitch – Byron Tau – POLITICO.com

Democratic governors joined President Barack Obama Friday in full 2012 campaign mode, defending the president’s record on the economy. The governors, who met with Obama while in town for this weekend’s National Governor’s Association conference, touted job creation — long considered Obama’s top political vulnerability — as a political strength. They pointed particularly to growth … Continue reading →

California | Long-term unemployed get reprieve | The Orange County Register

Long-term unemployment benefits in California should remain at 99 weeks in California until June, according to an Employment Development Department analysis of the payroll tax and jobless bill signed by President Barack Obama Thursday. Initial descriptions of the legislation suggested long-term benefits would be cut to 73 weeks under a compromise approved by Congress earlier … Continue reading →

India | ‘Only 17% techies employable’ | The Asian Age

In the IT sector, India has an employable workforce of only 17.54 per cent. This was revealed in a report released by HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Friday. The National Employability Report 2011 of engineering graduates was prepared by Aspiring Minds — an employability assessment company after getting feedback from more than 55,000 students who … Continue reading →

Foreign workers forced out by gov’t policy – News – The Prague Post

When Olga S., 33, left her village in west Ukraine nine years ago in search of a job in the Czech Republic, finding work was the easy part of her experience. She did not speak the language and was given a low-skill job at a Prague bakery. She slept at a boarding house for migrant … Continue reading →

Transcom Closing Sault Operations – Shifting Jobs to Philippines – LOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie

Another call centre will shudder operations in Sault Ste. Marie as of July of this year. In a press release yesterday, Transcom announced it was closing four North American operations, including the one in the Sault putting 169 employees out of work. Local2news has learned that employees were given termination notices on Thursday. In a … Continue reading →

Ottawa’s focus on Alberta oilsands is killing manufacturing jobs in Eastern Canada, economists say – thestar.com

You know that old saying, “When the U.S. sneezes, Canada catches a cold.” It still applies. The United States remains our biggest trading partner. What happens there affects everything from our tourism to our exports. But now, Canada is facing a bigger threat to its economic health. It’s called Dutch Disease — and it’s complicated … Continue reading →

A New Push For Vocational Education in Chicago and the U.S. – The 312 – February 2012 – Chicago

Yesterday the city announced a $479 million capital plan to support the city colleges’ “College to Careers” program, which, in part, would rebuild and expand Malcolm X College, “including a new Allied Health Academy that will strengthen ties to the Illinois Medical District.” As Deanna Isaacs of the Reader noted in its wake: According to … Continue reading →

India | Now, a college degree in vocational education – Times Of India

For years, India’s basic collegiate education had been segregated into three distinct academic islands: the masses pursued humanities, the ones with shining score cards took to the sciences and the rest who wanted to pick up the tools of trade, opted for commerce. Now students can venture into a fourth dimension: a bachelor’s in vocation … Continue reading →

Ireland reveals plans to cut dole queues – CTV News

Dublin has unveiled far-reaching plans to cut dole queues by targeting those at risk of long-term unemployment, introducing penalties for people who do not take up training, and inviting the private sector to provide job placements. The plan copies several ideas already in place in the U.K., France and Australia, including immediate on-the-spot assessments for … Continue reading →