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kthoonen

Informational Interview - 2 views

www.success.uwo.ca/...informational_interview.html

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  • kthoonen on 06 Oct 14
     
    One of the best ways to learn more about a specific industry, job, or organization is by connecting with professionals who are actually in the field. The technical term for this type of interaction is called 'Informational Interviewing'. Often the most current information about a career field, especially in a specific geographic location, may not be available in print or online resources. This resource gives great information on informational interviewing. It gives benefits of informational interviews as well as steps in conducting an informational interview along with samples of what one can say or questions one can ask.
sarahbunting

Office of Institutional Research and Planning - Employment Rates - 0 views

www.queensu.ca/...employrates.html

Graduate Placement Reports week6 employment university Labour Market Information statistics

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  • sarahbunting on 09 Oct 14
     
    This week I researched different Graduate Placement Reports from Colleges and Universities that you could use to find Labour Market Information. Queens - showing information from 2013 and 2012. Information divided by area of study. Was easy to find when searched on Google.
colinsarkany

CanadianCareers.com - 0 views

www.canadiancareers.com/eresume.html

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  • These days, it is expected that you'll be asked to submit your resume electronically.
  • Attachments can also sometimes get messed up when the receiving computer tries to decode the information in a different way than your system coded it.  In other words, there are many reasons to learn how to create effective formatted ASCII resumes.
  • Tips for ASCII and scannable resumes: do not try to use bold, italics, underlining, or special fonts as these do not appear in ASCII text (try using capital letters for emphasis instead); keep things simple do not use tabs (use the spacebar if necessary) don't use bullets (you can use asterisks or dashes if you want) left justification is standard; use hard carriage returns to insert line breaks and make sure lines are no longer than 65 characters in length use nouns instead of action verbs to describe your skills and experience consider putting a skills/keyword summary section near the beginning proofread to make sure everything looks right after saving it to ASCII text
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  • In other words, keep it simple!
  • If in doubt, call the company and ask
  • If you are sending attachments, consider putting only your resume in an attachment and putting your cover letter in the body/text of the e-mail message.  Whatever you do, don't leave the body of the e-mail blank.  Otherwise the end result will be something like sending a photocopied resume; it will look like you though extra effort wasn't worth it (you don't really want a job with them; you just want any job).
  • The reason for this is that all information submitted gets stored into their database for easy retrieval later, automated e-mail replies, etc.  Much of the information you will enter can be copied and pasted from your regular word-processed resume but do read the forms carefully and be sure to provide the information they ask for.
  • colinsarkany on 13 Dec 14
     
    This article is a set of tips for handing a resume in online, which is how many employers request their information with the increased reliance on technology!
sarahbunting

McMaster University > Institutional Research and Analysis > Graduation, Employment, OSA... - 1 views

www.mcmaster.ca/...OSAP_2011.html

Graduate Placement Reports Labour Market Information week6 employment statistics university McMaster

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  • sarahbunting on 09 Oct 14
     
    This week I researched different Graduate Placement Reports from Colleges and Universities that you could use to find Labour Market Information. McMaster - Easy to find when searched on Google. Divides by areas of study. Information is a little old (2011).
sarahbunting

Conestoga - Graduate Employment Report 13/14 - 1 views

www.conestogac.on.ca/...gradreport.pdf

Graduate Placement Reports week6 employment Labour Market Information statistics conestoga college

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  • sarahbunting on 09 Oct 14
     
    This week I researched different Graduate Placement Reports from Colleges and Universities that you could use to find Labour Market Information. Conestoga - Very easy to find when searching Google. Up to date information. Very thorough, gives statistics for all programs, not just program areas.
michwilson

You can't run a labour market on a hunch - 0 views

www.ipolitics.ca/...run-a-labour-market-on-a-hunch

data politics unit 6 jobs Labour market information globalization HRDC Canada

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  • michwilson on 11 Dec 14
     
    Labour market information has been central to evaluating the state of our economy and job situation, as well as offering justification for different programs such as the TFW program. This article, although with a political slant, discusses the need for correct information and how the current information is currently skewed and could be better measured in a different way.
Melinda Mah

HowStuffWorks "Transistors on the Nanoscale" - 1 views

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week 2 transistor computer power computer nanoscale nanometers

shared by Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • By the 1960s, computer scientist (and Intel co-founder) Gordon Moore made an interesting observation. He noticed that every 12 months, engineers were able to double the number of transistors on a square inch piece of silicon. Like clockwork, engineers were finding ways to reduce the size of transistors
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
       
      Every year, there are twice as many transistors: twice as much computing power. However, this can't continue forever.
  • These days, the number of transistors doubles every 24 months.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
       
      It seems like the increasing power of computers is slowing. This could mean that we will get into cheaper ways of making the same level of technology, contributing to the leveling out of advantages between education in developed countries and other countries. This could also affect the future of being able to have clear and realistic communication in the future. Today's Canadian systems suffer from inadequate bandwidth and infrastructure, and there are few signs that it will be improved dramatically enough to have clear visual communication. It may be that future communication will emphasize speaking and typing without the aid of body language.
  • some physicists and engineers think we might be bumping up against some fundamental physical limits when it comes to transistor size.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
       
      This will mean we will need a fundamental innovation to change to improve computing power in the future if we are to conserve physical resources.
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  • one day we'll hit the physical limits of how small traditional transistors can be. That's because once you hit the nanoscale, you're dealing with the bizarre world of quantum mechanics. In this world, matter and energy behave in ways that seem counterintuitive.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
       
      A limit to processing power...but perhaps it will be enough in combination with human cognitive surplus to come up with solutions to energy problem and sustainability.
  • Electron tunneling is a bit like teleportation. When material is very thin -- the thickness of a single nanometer (about 10 atoms thick) -- electrons can tunnel right through it as if it weren't there at all.
    • Melinda Mah
      Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
       
      Surprising application of quantum mechanics. Perhaps there will be more jobs in quantum mechanics now that they have significant real-world application!
  • beyond the nanoscale is the atomic scale, where you're dealing with materials that are only a few atoms in size.
  • it might mean that the advancements in microprocessor development will slow down and level off.
  • companies will likely find ways to improve microprocessor efficiency and performance, nonetheless.
  • It seems like microprocessor manufacturers will only be able to keep Moore's Law going for a few more years
  • Melinda Mah on 12 Sep 14
     
    I was inspired by Megan Rowe's post to look up information about transistors. Gratton posit that computing power will continue to increase as it ha now, but I had heard that we were reaching a limitation with transistors, so I looked up more information about this possibility. The exponential increase in computing power has already begun to slow down. Link to annotated version: https://diigo.com/03w8c7
sarahbunting

Graduation, Employment and Government Loan Default Rates 2013 - 0 views

www.provost.utoronto.ca/...nt_Loan_Default_Rates_2013.htm

Graduate Placement Reports week6 employment Labour Market Information statistics UofT university

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  • sarahbunting on 09 Oct 14
     
    This week I researched different Graduate Placement Reports from Colleges and Universities that you could use to find Labour Market Information. UofT - Was difficult to find, had to do a lot of searching. Only gives overall employment rate, not broken down into programs or even program areas.
jscharrer

Toronto Employment & Labour Market Information - 0 views

www1.toronto.ca/...contentonly

labour market

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  • jscharrer on 13 Oct 14
     
    An example of local labour market information for Toronto provided by the City of Toronto.
colinsarkany

Labour Market Bulletin - Ontario: January 2014 (Quarterly Edition) - 0 views

www.esdc.gc.ca/...jan2014.shtml

Labour market information Canada Ontario Trends

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  • colinsarkany on 12 Oct 14
     
    This website provides quarterly updates on Ontario's Labour Market Information. It covers topics including: job gain/loss percentages, unemployment rates. It also breaks job information down by Industry covering employments rates, good produced, and various related services. This resource is beneficial as it covers regional trends within Ontario and provides you with graphs and charts so that the data is presented in an easier to understand manner. It also provides the sources of the data and the links to the source documents if available allowing for more in-depth research to be done on a particular number presented.
michwilson

Pirate Bay Taken offline after Police Raid - 2 views

ca.ign.com/...-offline-following-police-raid

pirate bay file sharing knowledge bank harness that info Sweden Flattener Friedman freedom

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  • michwilson on 11 Dec 14
     
    The P2P sharing site, Pirate Bay, recently was raided by Swedish police, again, for copyright violations. File sharing, whether 'illegal' downloading or corporate information, is one of Friedman's flatteners, allowing free information sharing and information repositories to flourish. The article discusses whether Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest file sharing search sites, will ever come back after such a seizure.
Trish Gill

Labour market information for Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford counties. | We offer access t... - 1 views

worktrends.ca

Organizations

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  • Trish Gill on 09 Sep 14
     
    This website was found as a link from the LEDC_London Economic Develoment Council. Particularly interesting as it demonstrates specific job classes, educational requirements and whether they are on the increase in the local region or not. Even has a section specific to Career Counselors! We offer access to local labour market, jobs, and training/education information for Elgin, Middlesex and Oxford counties.
arlaynacurtin

The Labour Market Information Service - 3 views

www.servicecanada.gc.ca/...lminfo.shtml

trends Career canada

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  • kthoonen on 10 Sep 14
     
    The Labour Market Information ( LMI) Service helps Canadians find information about occupations and labour market trends and outlooks, including skill or labour shortages and surpluses, and statistics on unemployment rates and the working-age population.
Melinda Mah

Ontario Job Futures - 1 views

www.tcu.gov.on.ca/...ojf

labour market information future trends outlook week 2 occupation

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  • Melinda Mah on 13 Sep 14
     
    Ontario Job Futures is a publication which provides information on the current trends and future outlook for about 200 occupations common to Ontario. It is developed by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, and uses projections developed in collaboration with Employment and Social Development Canada. It is a good source for looking at local employment trends for the short and medium-term future in people's careers.
Melinda Mah

About the underground economy - 1 views

www.cra-arc.gc.ca/undergroundeconomy

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  • Melinda Mah on 24 Sep 14
     
    This is a resource from the Canada Revenue Agency about the underground economy, which was a term mentioned a couple of times in this week's notes. Though this document is skewed by the fact that it is produced by a government agency, it is still useful for getting more information and specifics.
shawnaderksen

ALIS OCCinfo: Occupations and Educational Programs - 0 views

occinfo.alis.alberta.ca/...browse-wages.html

job Canadian salary

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  • shawnaderksen on 10 Oct 14
     
    This site is in Alberta however is great because you can easily see the type of occupation, the NOC code (for qualification purposes), average wage and average salary. An important pat of labour market information is being able to see what wage/income you will be receiving. This could make or break whether you accept a job or not.
shawnaderksen

Canadian Salary Range - A - 0 views

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job Canadian salary range

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  • shawnaderksen on 10 Oct 14
     
    This website is interesting because you can learn about salaries and wages which is crucial when looking in to occupational information. Each job is also led with an NOC number which provides details on qualifications and what type of training is required. You can search any job title and with just entering your postal code, you can see the average wages for that occupation.
andreafaulkner

Career Counselor's Guide to Social Media in the Job Search - 1 views

www.naceweb.org/...career-counselors-guide.aspx

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  • andreafaulkner on 02 Nov 14
     
    I found this to be a really informative site. On this page, we can find helpful guides to using popular social media tools like Linkedin, Pininterest, facebook, twitter and blogging all from a career counsellor perspective.
dedingo

Canadian Jobs: Some Slippage From Recent Gains - 0 views

research.cibcwm.com/...labourc.pdf

Labour market information Canada job

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  • dedingo on 13 Dec 14
     
    This brief piece offers an informative portrait of what is going on in the Canadian job market. In entirety, job market in the current month, compared to November 2014, is encouraging. "A healthy rotation toward more full-time jobs will be encouraging to the Bank of Canada which has flagged underemployment as a signpost of slack in labour markets."
dedingo

Studying the Impact of Technology on Work and Jobs - 2 views

scholar.lib.vt.edu/...lewis.html

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  • dedingo on 12 Dec 14
     
    Theodre Lewis shows his relevant concern with the impacts of technology on work and jobs which Gratton and Fiedman have elaborated in their books The Shift and The World is Flat respectively. Lewis's imperative voice is that the vocational institutions have to incorporate the technological trends to the traditional concepts of education system in order to make students adaptable to current job market. He pinpoints that those whose who are engaged in career designing or teaching now require to focus "on changing skill needs, changing work, changing jobs, and the role that technology plays in such change, there is need for an ongoing related discourse." This information is relevant to the course contents we dealt with.
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