Recent Posts Tagged With 'skills'

• Canadian Experience: Myth or Reality Poll

  Posted on Friday December 5th, 2008 at 08:18 in resume, skills, workplace, canadian experience

  This blog asked bloggers to vote. The results are:Myth: Yes (18 %) / No (0 %)Reality: Yes (43 %) / No (0 %)Don't know (43 %)On the same shelf:Will the Canadian Experience Class program help ease the construction industry skills shortage? weekly pollE...

• New rules to fast-track skilled immigrants

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 23:04 in jobs, skills, immigrants, canadiana, new canadian

  38 job categories listed in bid to clear backlog; critics say the move offers'no solutions'Nov 29, 2008 04:30 AM Toronto StarIf you're planning to move to Canada, you'll have to check the list first.Thirty-eight in-demand occupations were unveiled b...

• Not all opportunities are equal -- Canadian job market is no exception

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 20:25 in jobs, skills, workplace, canadian experience

  Quotable quote: They came to Canada in 2002, but sadly, writes Rashid, "in terms of finding jobs, up until now I have noticed that no place except McDonald's welcomed us." more extracts in The Story That Brought Me HereNB. Before you read, there is a...

• Not all transitions are equal -- Canadian educational scenario is no exception

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 20:58 in jobs, skills, certification, workplace, canadian education, canadian experience

  The relationship between a) inequality of educational opportunities and b) inequality of educational outcomes is a dictum (or punchline) true for both the Canadian educated and those educated abroad.Some of the profressions require Canadian certifica...