6 questions

This blog post provides a set of questions that if answered honestly, provide an opportunity for self-assessment.

Camosun/VIATeC Trades & Technology Career Fair

Camosun/VIATeC Trades & Technology Career Fair Thursday, April 9 @ Interurban Campus, Technologies Centre, 10am-2pm Sponsored by VIATeC and presented in partnership with the School of Trades & Technology, this year’s Trades & Technology Career Fair will bring together specialist employers who want to connect with you and share career options in their organizations. You’ll [...]

What’s in a name ?

Think about the last ten jobs you applied for. How many of them were of the on-line variety ? I’m guessing almost all of them. Unless the organization you apply to has their own unique resume creation and submission system (like UVIC), your email and resume is going to sit in an in-box until they get [...]

Multicultural events

The Greater Victoria Public Library website now has a page that lists upcoming multicultural events. Check it out here.

The passive job search

This blog post includes from Fortify Your Oasis, looks at some economic issues but also discusses the various paths toward finding a new job. Typical job search activities normally include:
Waiting for the phone to ring
Print advertisements
Online advertisements
Placement agencies
Cold-calling employers
Personal contacts and your wider network
These are listed in order of how passive they are. The most passive [...]

Interviewing 101

This article in the Seattle PI serves as a reminder that it is the little things in a job interview that make all the difference.
If you aren’t making it past the first or second interview rounds, you need help figuring out what isn’t working. The No. 1 complaint given by employers in a USA Today survey [...]

Job growth ?

Today’s Times-Colonist features an article that looks at various job sectors on Vancouver Island and their potential for growth. I feel obligated to read these types of articles. They help me to understand the small and larger trend shifts that happen in our labour market. Anybody who is interested in career management or searching for [...]

Healthcare Career Fair

The Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) is holding a career fair on March 9th. VIHA is one of the largest employers on Vancouver Island with over 15,000 workers. Beyond medical professions they hire tradespeople, administrative and other non-medical support staff.
For details on the career fair see their poster(pdf).
Also check out their public job postings.

What Not To Do

An email enquiry to an employer should be as formal as the traditional business letter it sometimes replaces. You wouldn’t write something like the following, would you ?
i would like to put an ap in are u able to fax me a ap i didnt do up a resume yet i am working on it u [...]