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Close-up of the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA)

The Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations (CCHRA) is a federal organization that oversees all the provincial human resources associations in Canada. The following is a brief overview of its functions...


Oddly enough

RCMP job ads associated with street gang

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) posted job offers online, but had to quickly remove them when they turned up on the Web site of a notoriously violent gang!


New

Jobs via podcast

In addition to job chats, text messaging and recruiting blogs, job ads can now be podcast.


Call to order

Great example for millions of job hunters

According to a Reuters story, the former general counsel and senior vice-president of Monster Worldwide, Myron Olesnyckyj, to manipulating stock options...


To see

Job hunters go head-to-head on TVA

A new show called “La chasse à l’emploi” is being launched on the Quebec TV market. It will be shown on TVA with a prize of $5,000 to the job hunter who does the best job convincing the audience of his or her talents...


To see

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News

TMP Worldwide, Robert Half, 100 Best Companies to Work For, Oracle, Knightsbridge, Vurv

TMP Worldwide creates its virtual office space within the Second Life Global alliance between 3 executive search firms 2007 Salary Guide from Robert Half Google tops list of 100 Best Companies to Work For Oracle launches the new version of its HR solution Knightsbridge gains exclusive use of the HR Chally software Vurv acquires People Business Network


New

Cell-recruitment arrives in Canada

  With the new service CellJob, online recruitment in Canada has taken on a new media: the cell phone. Brand new to Canada, the service enables to send job offers directly to candidates’ cell phones via SMS text messages...


Interview

Patrick Sullivan, President of Workopolis

After holding management positions at Procter & Gamble, Moosehead and Indigo, Patrick Sullivan took over as head of Workopolis in 2003. He was then a newcomer to the world of recruitment and has since achieved considerable success...


Good to know

The end of the CV. You can put away your 2- to 3-page CV…

Prediction for 2010! At the beginning of each year, predictions of all kind are made. Here is one that will at least have the merit of applying to all the signs of the horoscope, regardless of your decan. Let me predict the end of the CV as we know it.


Oddly enough

St. Valentine’s Day at the office

Close to 20% of Canadians have had an office romance. Often kept under wraps, these idylls sometimes result in happy endings...


By the numbers

Telecommuters more productive

More than three-quarters of executives stated that the productivity of telecommuters is the same as or better than that of regular employees...


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