Budget ‘09

Details of the proposed federal budget  were announced yesterday and all those who seek labour market information should have been paying attention.
You can see all of the details here but I want to focus on a couple of areas that will be of interest if you work in education, construction or transportation.
$1.5 billion dollars worth of new funding [...]

14 rules

On the weekend the Times-Colonist ran an article that lists 14 rules for a successful job hunt. This provides an opportunity to review your job search activities.
How many of these 14 “rules” are you following as you look for work ? Do you need help with any of these strategies ? If so please contact [...]

Shovel ready projects

We recently decided that the word “infrastructure” would be our word for 2009. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities reports that should infrastructure spending be a component of next weeks federal budget, cities around the country have projects that are “shovel ready”. This will be of particular interest to our clients who are Civil Engineers or [...]

Idiom 8

Pull the plug
Meaning: To discontinue a practice or to stop an event from happening.
Example: This product is not selling well, maybe it’s time to pull the plug.
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A little optimism, please

This article from today’s Times-Colonist demonstrates that many in Victoria’s business community are feeling optimistic about the future.

Immigrant Women’s Group

The Intercultural Association of Victoria (ICA) is running a free Immigrant Women’s Group from January 22nd to April 9th. 
Make new friends
Learn more about Victoria and Canada
Express yourself through art
Participate in fun activities and fieldtrips
Share stories, ideas and information
Practice English
Get support
See their website for more information.

The big picture

As bad as the economic news has been lately it pays to remember that there are other forces at play that will have even a larger impact on the labour market.
Economic fortunes can swing up and down but Canada’s demographic picture is set in stone (more or less). In short order many British Columbians will be in [...]

Tourism sector update

This article in the Times-Colonist does a good job of summarizing all of the challenges that face the tourism industry in Victoria. The general consensus is that tourism operators are not experiencing a huge drop off in business yet but proposed projects are being placed on hold.

You and your face

Sometimes during job interviews people can become so intent on the content of their answers that they forget all about the immportance of facial expressions.
This blog post does a nice job of covering the issue.

Idiom 7

On the same page
Meaning: To be in agreement.
Example: Before we have our conference call, let’s make sure we are all on the same page about staffing issues.
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