Skip to main content

Home/ Career Trends/ Group items tagged life

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
kthoonen

A Simple,Helpful Guide to Overcome Consumerism - 0 views

www.becomingminimalist.com/consumer-isnt

trends capitalism

shared by kthoonen on 10 Dec 14 - No Cached
  • kthoonen on 10 Dec 14
     
    In "The Shift", Gratton mentions 'the traditional deal at work: to be paid, to consume stuff and bring happiness'. In the future, we need to make choices to live a more balanced life. Our experiences will bring us more satisfaction and happiness than buying things with money. This guide may help us see the benefits of owning and wanting less.
kthoonen

The end of careers as we know them - 0 views

business.financialpost.com/...end-of-careers-as-we-know-them

Trends job career

shared by kthoonen on 21 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • kthoonen on 21 Nov 14
     
    This article talks about people needing to change their view from secure employment to gaining employability skills, as one is likely to change careers a number of times throughout life. It mentions some ideas for a future worker to consider.
colinsarkany

Half of Toronto-area workers have fallen into 'precarious employment': study - The Glob... - 0 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article9003680

shared by colinsarkany on 19 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • The widely held belief that employment leads to economic security and social well-being has become out-of-step with an increasing number of people in today’s work force.
  • Everyone else is working in situations that are part-time, vulnerable or insecure in some way. This includes a growing number of temporary, contract and on-call positions. Jobs without benefits. Jobs with uncertain futures. This significant rise in precarious employment is a serious threat – not only to the collective prosperity of the region, but also to the social fabric of communities
  • precarious employment is hurting everyone
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • many workers to piece together year-round, full-time hours by working multiple jobs. In addition, working conditions are more uncertain
  • being precariously employed is worst when you’re living in low income, our research confirms this increasingly is an issue that affects people at every income level
  • job insecurity is about more than just poverty. Its impacts are far-reaching, affecting all parts of our lives, redefining how we contribute to our economy, give back to our community and interact with our families. Precarious work can make it more difficult to make ongoing volunteer commitments and donate to charities
  • Trends that have caused nearly half of our work force to engage in insecure employment show no signs of slowing down
  • Training and education models with a life-long learning focus can help workers build the skills to continuously improve their employment prospects.
  • What we need today is a renewed public policy framework that will be supportive of those in precarious employment and responsive to the challenges associated with this shifting labour market
andreafaulkner

The 5 best skilled trades jobs in Canada - Canadian Living - 1 views

www.canadianliving.com/...lled_trades_jobs_in_canada.php

shared by andreafaulkner on 18 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • andreafaulkner on 18 Oct 14
     
    In this Canadian Living Article, the author describes what he considers to be the top 5 skilled trade jobs in Canada at this time. I think this could come in handy for job seekers looking to explore the skilled trades and I really appreciated that for each of the trade jobs listed, this article linked further sites containing more detailed information.
kthoonen

Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills | ABC Life Literacy Canada - 1 views

abclifeliteracy.ca/...home

shared by kthoonen on 17 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • kthoonen on 17 Oct 14
     
    Workplace education helps provide a foundation for lifelong learning as people and businesses grow together. Literacy and essential skills are at the... This website gives helpful information to employers on implementing literacy and essential skills training programs in their workplaces. It identifies and defines the nine essential skills.
‹ Previous 21 - 26 of 26
Showing 20▼ items per page