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BC / First Nations Job Search Sites
General Search Simply Hired – http://www.simplyhired.ca/a/jobs/list/q-aboriginal/pn-2 Aboriginal Canada – http://www.aboriginalcanada.gc.ca/acp.nsf Indeed – http://ca.indeed.com/jobs?q=aboriginal&gclid=CJmV5pm5g7MCFQSCQgodT0MAcA First Nations in British Columbia – http://fnbc.info/jobs First Nations Jobs Online- http://www.firstnationsjobsonline.com/
Job search / Going mobile
Companies that have embraced mobile job applications, such as McDonald’s, Macy’s and Frisch’s, say they can more quickly identify and match candidates to job openings. And job seekers, such as Teppe, say they can more conveniently search for jobs and decide which suit them best. “It used to be you had to strap on a … Continue reading
A Résumé / Interviewing Steven Spielberg (video)
As a kind of Résumé, Christopher Woodring made this fake video of him interviewing Steven Spielberg,
How to find the right talent among 1734 applicants? by Heineken (video)
Standard questions. Prepared answers. If job interviews are all the same, how to find the right talent among 1734 applicants?
Job Search / Using LinkedIn’s 3 newest features
Job seekers, get ahead of the curve by taking advantage of these newest features. Why not take advantage before your competition does? 1. Maximize relationship building with LinkedIn Contacts. The recently launched LinkedIn Contacts tool’s biggest perk is that you can bolster your network list by automatically merging all of your contacts from all walks … Continue reading
Job Offer through Social Media
These are three stories of companies making job offers via social media. 3. Tech Marketing firm, ePrize showed their love for Samantha Bankey over Instagram. As told by Mashable, Samantha was highly engaged with the company’s Instagram never missing the opportunity to comment or like a photo. This is a long-term love affair. Samantha interned … Continue reading
LinkedIn / Profiles for the out of work
There are no good euphemisms for unemployment. Job seekers often suggest they are “in transition” or “looking for the next great opportunity,” but experts say such phrases don’t really sugarcoat things. This dilemma has become even more important since the advent of LinkedIn, which has turned resumes into public, living documents. Career coaches are divided … Continue reading
The time has come for a new employer-employee deal: The tour-of-duty approach
The time has come, we believe, for a new employer-employee compact. You can’t have an agile company if you give employees lifetime contracts—and the best people don’t want one employer for life anyway. But you can build a better compact than “every man for himself.” In fact, some companies are doing so… The tour-of-duty approach … Continue reading
HR / The new employees fear of reprisal from older, long time employees
A common concern for new employees in unionized work environments is the fear of reprisal from older, long time employees. This is often due to the perceived “threat” that new, energetic employees pose to the status quo performance of the long time employees. New employees have been told to “slow down” to not make the … Continue reading
Job Search / A Jobs Site for ‘Beautiful People’
Exclusive social media site BeautifulPeople.com is now offering its 750,000 members a way to use their looks to find employment with its new recruitment service. The company, which launched more than 10 years ago, allows members to vote on the admission of potential members based on their looks. It is now allowing any company to … Continue reading
References / Double Check Yours
As a recruiter, one of the most frustrating, and most important, parts of the recruitment process is checking the candidates’ references. If everyone does their job, this could be a completely painless, easy, and even fun, process. The problem is candidates rarely seem to understand how this is supposed to work. They don’t think very … Continue reading
Job Search / What I have Learned by Helping Others Find Jobs
Last fall I relocated to Minneapolis, Minnesota after living and working in Kampala, Uganda for a year and a half. I was a librarian at a small college and, as a solo librarian, spent my time doing a little bit of everything: cataloging, reference, networking, instruction. I gained lots of great library experience and a … Continue reading
Canada / Tech Job Search / What resources do you use?
New Graduate Resource http://www.talentegg.ca Job Boards and Aggregators http://www.monster.ca http://www.indeed.ca http://www.dice.com http://www.wowjobs.ca http://www.techjobscanada.com http://www.knighthunter.com http://www.waterlootechjobs.com Start-Up Accelerators/Communities http://www.communitech.ca http://www.techalliance.ca http://www.softwarehamilton.com http://www.startupnorth.ca Recruiters http://www.peopletogo.com Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor What Canadian resources do you use for your Tech Job Search? : canada.
Job Search / 75% Of Fortune 500 Companies Recruit Solely Online
When looking at the top companies in the world, 75% of the Fortune 500 companies do all of their recruitment online, according to the former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (U.S.). Speaking at the FT-Telefonica Millenials Summit, Julius Genachowski spoke about the impact of the digital divide and noted that it needed to be addressed … Continue reading
Job Search / Take care of your Credit Score: Nearly half of employers use credit checks
Most people tend to believe that it is only banks and lenders who mainly use credit reports but over the last decade credit card companies have been selling their services to a variety of interested buyers. Experian, one of the big three credit reporting Companies stated in its marketing materials that “Credit information provides insight … Continue reading
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