Forbes has published a list of the top 10 jobs in the US. These are jobs that are hiring and growing in demand for skilled workers.
Click here for Forbes Top 10 Jobs Slideshow
Click here for Forbes article on Top 10 Jobs
Click here for a report from Jobfox on Top 25 Jobs for October 2008
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Hello my name is Dean Owen and my company is albertaJOBcast. We can help you get your employee recruitment message in front of the millions of people who take part in social networks such as Facebook and YouTube. We help you engage the 18-35 year old [...]
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Here’s a link to upcoming job fairs where Central Alberta employers are taking part.
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Hector Goudreau, Alberta’s employment minister says the province could find itself short 110,000 workers over the next decade unless government and industry start thinking of new ways to attract and retain workers. The province is currently between 30,000 to 40,000 workers short in all fields of employment.
He made the comments prior to announcing a new [...]
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From Yahoo News . . . Online networks help job-hunting April 21, 2008 By Julie Mollins.
“Job seekers should tap into online networking sites to help hunt down potential employers, new surveys suggest. The polls, conducted in Canada and the United States on behalf of California-based recruitment firm Robert Half International, showed that most executives believe that [...]
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Here’s an article from Yahoo Careers on recruiting Gen Y workers. Here are some key points to keep in mind:
With unemployment at all-time historic lows and different demands and expectations from Gen Y, recruiting entry-level employees is tougher than ever before.
…efforts should include touting “soft benefits” such as corporate culture, philanthropy [...]
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A great article from CRN, an IT industry magazine on 7 Strategies for Recruiting Generation Y Workers.
This is my favourite . . .
4. Tlk 2 them
While face-to-face communication is important for workers of any age, electronic communications become an essential supplement for Generation Y workers.
In fact, Dallas-based solution provider CompuCom changed its employee communications in response [...]
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Based on these numbers from StatsCan, you might want to consider publishing JOBcasts in a language other than English.
… few countries have a larger proportion of foreign-born than Canada.
… thus, from 1986 to 2006, the immigrant population went from 3.9 million to 6.2 million, accounting for respectively 15.6% and 19.8% of the Canadian population.
… the proportion [...]
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The Alberta Government announced a raise in the minimum raise from $8.00 to $8.40 per hour effective April 1, 2008.
newslink:
Alberta Government news release
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The David Thompson Health Region, which provides health care services including hospitals in the local area, has been forced to cut back on services due to a lack of workers. In a major news release and news conference on April 9, 2008 CEO John Vogelzang announced the closing of one of eight operating theatres. It was [...]
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