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By Donna Messer. What is networking? Is it gathering information, selling products or services or is it making friends? For years, the word has been circulated as one of the most important “topics” at conferences and trade shows. When you network you get work is the quote we often see. There are “experts” everywhere, each one selling their particular brand of networking. There are those who sell the rules, others who sell the products, and there are others who just walk the talk. After years of networking, I have finally…
By Daisy Wright. It is said that Bill Gates’ rise to the top may have resulted from an act of networking. Apparently his mother sat on the same Board of Directors as an IBM president, and that contact led to IBM purchasing the MS DOS operating system from Bill. Think about that! As timeworn as the word networking is, it is through this process that approximately 65% to 80% of available jobs or opportunities are discovered. Networking opens the doors to the hidden job market, and if you’ve not learned…
By John-Paul Hatala, Ph.D. Everyone everywhere knows at least one or two people. Connections with others are made on a daily basis. The level of connectedness varies from situation to situation. For example: you’re in a shopping mall and you visit a store. You select a product, bring it to the counter and pay the clerk. During the transaction you may have had some small talk or simply said thank you. Whatever the interaction, a connection was made. What was the value of that connection? You could say that if…
By John-Paul Hatala Ph.D. You’ve most undoubtedly heard the saying “Knowledge is Power.” Most likely you’ve acknowledged the fact that this old adage is quite accurate and basically common sense. The more knowledge you possessed as a student in high school on a particular topic, the better you were at writing your exams. The interesting concept of exams is that if you don’t know what is going to be on the test you’re basically going to have to review the entire content in order to be successful. Think back to…
These 2004 Top Ten sites were selected by the professional members of CPC. Jobs Etc. https://www.jobsetc.gc.ca:443/eng/ Identify and explore your career options. Career Bookmarks http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/job-help/ Perform a self-assessment and investigate career choices. Job Futures http://jobfutures.ca Obtain labour market information on occupations, wages and employment. National Occupational Classification http://www5.hrsdc.gc.ca/NOC/ Investigate any of 30,000 jobs found throughout Canada’s labour market. Ontario Job Futures http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/labourmarket/ Learn about current trends and futures of 157 occupations. Canada NewsWire http://www.newswire.ca/en/index Acquire time-critical news and information released to the press. Scott’s Directory home Find Canadian companies and…
By Bill Caswell. Canada, the land of beauty, designated as the best place in the world to live by the United Nations four years in a row, tops in fresh water reserves in the world, number seven in economic wealth despite a population of only 30 millions – what a place! Yes indeed what a place – one, however, if you look deeper, should have all Canadians hanging their heads in shame. The message goes out for all the world to hear: “Emigrate to Canada where opportunities abound especially for…