I thought this was an interesting message from the president of the professional Engineers of Ontario: Note there is no direct link to view the message. To...
... Looks like the Bank of Canada has decided to lower Canadian rates in anticipation of another rate cut in the US. Candian rates are now a quarter of a point...
Based on the recent newsletter, it appears OTI is closing its doors for good at the end of December. I know that there were some people trying to keep it open...
Quote 1: "I know that there were some people trying to keep it open" Yes, and I'm one of them. To cut a long story short, we had a Client Committee led by...
This was posted in the kanata kareer group. It's a good one: http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play? vid=1572353&vw=g&b=0&pos=1&p=bubble&fr=\ yfp-t-501...
*Folks*, I'm assuming that it's *only the OTI Action Centre that will close 31 Dec 2007*. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Ministry of...
This is in the Ottawa Business Journal News Story Foresight, hindsight and the abyss between http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/318381183197550.php...
If any of you are on Facebook - The CATA Alliance is now a group on Facebook. John Reid is asking for discussion on what is required to make Canada an...
... As I mentioned in : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OttawaHiTech/message/9481 This is a members only discussion. We need to start joining public discussions...
This is interesting. I have a lot else "on the go" at the moment and need some time to think how best to work with this. Robert T. Chisholm ... From:...
... for ... claim\ ... Very funny video removed from youtube but still available. It is still live at the following site, great stuff. Good to know Ottawa is...
Thanks for the reference, lts039. I love this video! I posted the link at: http://ottawahitech.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/14/1164738-here-come-another-takedown...
[mod note: the following message was identified as SPAM by Yahoo - and was held up as a result. Don't know why] My name is Trent and my wife and I are planning...
... OK Robert, good job on posting to the citizen message board, which I am happy to note has now been opened to the public (no silly registration stuff and no...
From what I can tell few participate in the Citizen on-line discussions on any topic. Yes, people in Ottawa (and in many other parts too) are too busy living...
Welcome to Ottawa Trent, ... I am not sure about this, but I know many government jobs require "secret clearance" and, at least years ago, were not available...
The Ottawa job market has a lot of ups and downs. While I don't know off hand how much demand there is out there for your specialty (database development) it...
Thanks for the replies. I guess it makes sense that only Canadian citizens are eligible for government jobs. Regardless, I wasn't thinking of getting a...
... I guess for someone coming from NY Ottawa is a small town. In Canada, however, Ottawa is the fourth largest city :-) BTW I am still hoping someone with...
... work isbalanced between tech and business. You may want to talk to the folks at OCRI (www.OCRI.ca is their website, I think). They claim there are...
An oldie but a goodie - someone sent this to me today: A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He...
Thanks for the suggestions. Even though I have no real desire to work for the government, it's a little disconcerting to realize that it's not even an option...
Hi... Not to disagree ... but I do have a suggestion having worked for an IT consulting firm for 7 years (still do) and having worked through 2 firms when on...
Blackburn, Kent
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Good advise Kent! Thanks for adding that. ... === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be...
All great suggestions. Thanks to you both. Trent ... -- "We do not tell .400 hitters how to swing." -- Warren Buffett [Non-text portions of this message have...
Maybe someone out there can validate this, if not then it may be fear mongering only. There were some excellent companies who do recruiting mentioned, but I...
