Career fairs are one thing. Actual jobs going begging constitutes something else. At the same time, I see that Paul Swinwood has been up to his old tricks - ...
And of course we could also revive the OBJ discussion board concerning the high tech unemployment problem in Ottawa. It may appear to some people that it's...
Paul Swimwood is making the same predictions here: http://www.nationalcapitalscan.ca/news/2006/11/ict_sector_running_too_fast_fo.html Quoting from the article:...
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Nov 1, 2006 2:56 pm
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Holy SHIT. I hadn't "....seen the half of it....." until you posted this. Would you like to write a Letter to the Editor of "The Ottawa Business Journal" or...
"(The ITUC will) build world trade union strategies to counter those (strategies) of capitalism," he said, adding that globalisation had led "over twenty years...
... "High tech is in an HR crisis threatening to derail an engine that has powered more than 10% of Canada's economic growth since 1997. What's to be done?" ...
The Citizen carried a similar article a number of days ago but according to the public service commission, they have no lack of applicants for any of their...
Quote: "I suppose however that with the rapid changes in technology, anyone in the working world will have to be more tech savy just to function on a day to...
Guess why... "As part of efforts to restructure the company and focus on our core business, we had to make some cuts...Part of its production and distribution...
... Looks like some people are still unemployed five years after the meltdown... From http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061031.\ ...
Quote: " I have tried for five years, but it is so difficult, especially if you are a mid-career professional. While the experts insists we all have skills...
http://torontosun.com/News/Canada/2006/09/28/1911489-sun.html Thu, September 28, 2006 Canada's population has growth spurt By CP Canada's population increased...
October 2006 Threads Follow up to the labour imbalance of Enginneers Nortel outsourcing Number of visitors to Group homepage 34,533 Number of Current Group...
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Nov 2, 2006 6:09 am
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... Researchers do not believe that there will be a workforce shortage as boomers age, in government or otherwise: ...
It turns out that the author of "The World is Flat" is not middle class as most of us thought. This explains his pro-corporate views: "In November 1978,...
... The weight of evidence would certainly say "yes". Of course, there are always people who are regularly filtered out at interview; it's not like everyone...
... You are assuming that people are getting to the interview stage. Is this really the case? ... be a ... the question ... are ... not like ... to ... ...
... Or before. But if I'd just said "filtered out" it might not have been clear what I meant. Your posts always originate from a US location - have you left...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061102.wnortelll1102/BNStory/Technology/home Nortel ramps up China R&D staff GEOFFREY YORK Globe and Mail...
Thanks for the update Jeanne. What's the discussion like on OSPE's Issues Forum at http://www.members.ospe.on.ca/?WCE=A=body|C=37|K=220332 (since the site...
Unfortunately I don't belong to OSPE so can't follow the conversation. Is anyone out there a member? I find it odd that the physicians and surgeons in the U.S....
I think the other reason is that some people are going toward some other directions for their career path, and what is the point of riding a dead horse...
I thought you might be interested in this article. Over the 12-month period, jobs in the high-tech sector have increased by approximately 11,000. UPDATE: Local...
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Nov 4, 2006 12:12 pm
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... by approximately 11,000. ... No doubt that Sitel and Dell are the main reason. I wonder if the high turnover has any impact on these numbers. I'm pretty...
My neighbour (a retired teacher) sent this one to me. My grandparents only made it to grade 8 but they were no dummies. Maybe this explains it: Forwarded...
We aren't dummies either. Yet in reports originating from OCRI, Stats Can etc. that we see in the media, you never see them applying basic principles of...
"I see that Paul Swinwood has been up to his old tricks - yet again, this time through an article in this week's "Ottawa Business Journal". I searched the ICTC...
