Archive for the ‘Workaholics’ Category


The Partnership to Advance Youth Employment (PAYE) Program

By Editor - June 26th, 2011

The Partnership to Advance Youth Employment (PAYE) Program

The Partnership to Advance Youth Employment (PAYE) is a joint initiative between private sector employers and the City of Toronto. A group of business leaders is working to increase access to economic opportunities for youth and connect employers that are hiring to a pool of talented young candidates.



Success is a Choice – Tim Cork

By Editor - April 9th, 2011

Success is a Choice - Tim Cork

You can teach people skills. To some degree you can even teach them to think. But you cannot teach them attitude. While some people are naturally more positive or negative, ultimately they choose their attitude. Three workers at a construction site were asked how they spent their days.



Get out and volunteer!

By Editor - April 9th, 2011

Get out and volunteer!

With summer coming up and school wrapping up, many of us will have much more time. What to do with all this extra time? Volunteer.



Jobspice Tool: Build you resume in 15 minutes

By Editor - March 10th, 2011

Jobspice Tool: Build you resume in 15 minutes

JobSpice is an powerful and useful online tool that makes creating and publishing a well-designed, custom resume easy and fun. You input your information, and choose the headings you wish to include and the tool creates formatted resumes (you can pick and change the designs you like). Once resumes are created, you can choose to download it in PDF, word or to a URL. Although JobSpice assists in formatting the visual layout of your resume, it is still important to spend time on developing your resume content.



Need Online Research Help? AskON.

By Editor - March 5th, 2011

Need Online Research Help? AskON.

askON is a real-time chat information service that offers immediate, interactive, and knowledgeable research and reference help on-line. Using chat, askON staff provide research guidance and can help you navigate the Internet, your library’s services, and other online resources; including several significant, full text magazine and newspaper resources licensed for the use of Ontarians by Knowledge Ontario.



Anger Management Techniques

By Editor - February 6th, 2011

Anger Management Techniques

Anger, resentment and grudges are very unhealthy to your personal health and friendships. Often times when we are upset and do not deal with it properly, we end up hurting ourselves and those around us. Controlling anger, and turning your emotions into something positive takes a lot of hard work and commitment into doing so, but being able to control your anger will result in a happier and healthier you. Here are some tips and things to think about to help control your anger:



Knowledge is the most important currency

By Editor - December 26th, 2010

Knowledge is the most important currency

How can something so intangible be so valuable?

Knowledge can be obtained in numerous ways. Whichever way you attain it, knowledge will elevate and take you beyond your limits and help break boundaries.



Credit Cards!

By Editor - November 21st, 2010

Credit Cards!

Credit cards allow you to build up a credit history. This may help you with credit related activity such as getting a student loan, car loans, renting an apartment, or buying a house. Credit cards are also convenient since they provide a reduced need to carry cash and provide security in case of an emergency.



Four Internship Opportunities at CASSA for current post secondary students and recent graduates

By Editor - November 20th, 2010

Four Internship Opportunities at CASSA for current post secondary students and recent graduates

A message from CASSA (Council of Agencies Serving South Asians).

CASSA (Council of Agencies Serving South Asians) has created four internship opportunities for current post secondary students and recent graduates to help them get “a foot in the door” when it comes to job search in the fields of social services, policy, community development and research. This internship project is being created to assist individuals in gaining valuable experience, skills and networks as well as to give them the opportunities to help build the infrastructure of CASSA to do social and economic justice work in the Province of Ontario.



Perserverance.

By Editor - October 19th, 2010

Perserverance.

per·se·ver·ance
–noun
1.
steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.