Archive for August, 2008

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Should B.C. have a holiday today?
If B.C. had a holiday today, you could be at the beach right now. (Image courtesy of James Loewen/Wreck Beach Preservation Society) Four out of ten provinces have a holiday today. This year, Ontario joined Saskatchewan and Alberta in celebrating “Family Day” and creating a mid-winter long weekend. Manitoba has decided to call its holiday “Louis Riel Day,” after the Metis leader. B.C is at work. What do you think? Should British Columbia have a mid-winter long weekend? Or would the cost to employers be too much?

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Getting on the Boss’s Good Side

Keeping your job in good economic times — and bad — depends on one variable: Whether your boss likes you. “Merit has very little to do with why people are kept,” says Stephen Viscusi, author, radio host, and professional recrui

Cities Where Getting a job Is Easier, Harder
For many Americans, finding a job is becoming increasingly difficult. In the past year, unemployment rates have increased in nearly all of the country’s 49 largest cities (metros with populations of 1 million and over). Unemployment rates

Bored, Trapped in Your job?
When you landed that new job, the world looked great. Now it’s been a while, and one of your worst fears has come true — you’re unhappy in your job. When you’re spending at least five days a week at work, it makes sense that you’d want to like wh

7 Signs Your Interview Went Well
So you’ve had your job interview, and, as you wait to hear from the company, you keep replaying the interview in your mind and wondering how you did. But is there any way to know until you get an offer or rejection? No signs are 100 percent foolpr

Moonlighting: Pros and Cons of a Second job
There was a time when moonlighting — taking on work in addition to your full-time employment — was for under-employed workers and the severely cash-strapped. Today, even working professionals can be cash-strapped, and people in all fields

When Your Career Plateaus
Careers start out as a climbing exercise: When can I get promoted? How can I get a raise? What job will be more challenging than my current one? But for all but a tiny fraction of workers, that climb ends before their career does. S

Cushioning the Blow of Layoffs

job Hunting: Price Yourself Like a House
Assess your skills according to what the market will bear, not by what your previous employer paid you. Name your price, and don’t be coy. job-seekers want to know: How do I price myself in this erratic job market? If I set my sights too hi

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Benefits of flu shots for reducing deaths less than thought: study

The flu shot does help protect against specific strains of influenza but its ability to help prevent deaths among the elderly may have been exaggerated, a new study suggests.

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Is the Canadian military taking care of trainees?

Former recruit Natasha Howell says her faith in the Canadian Forces is shattered. (CBC)E Soldier recruits injured during basic training in Quebec are accusing the Canadian military of ignoring and mistreating their injuries and leaving them jobless and disabled. “I’m 30 years old and I have to learn how to walk,” said Natasha Howell. “They saw my injury. They knew it and they still didn’t do anything about it nothing.” What the doctors at the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School (CFLRS) at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu told Howell was a sprained ankle in September 2005, required reconstructive surgery two years later after she was discharged. Full Story Do you think the military is taking care of trainees? Should more be done to help people injured while in training? For how long should Canadian Forces be responsible for their trainees?

Should Community Living B.C. be getting more money?
A group of developmentally disabled adults may lose the only stable home they’ve ever known, and the group that runs the Burnaby, B.C. facility says the Campbell government is to blame. “There’s something going on in this province that people need to be aware of and it concerns all of us, as taxpayers and citizens,” said Trudi Shaw, board president of L’Arche Greater Vancouver. “This government seems to be overlooking some of its most vulnerable and marginalized citizens.” L’Arche, an internationally recognized organization, is unique because it not only houses developmentally disabled adults, but strives to give them meaningful roles in the community. Its woodworking shop in Burnaby was one example a thriving workplace for the disabled that L’Arche recently had to shut down, partially due to its budget problems. Full Story Should Community Living B.C. be getting more money from the provincial government? How would you like to see places like L’Arche funded?

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Cities Where Getting a job Is Easier, Harder
For many Americans, finding a job is becoming increasingly difficult. In the past year, unemployment rates have increased in nearly all of the country’s 49 largest cities (metros with populations of 1 million and over). Unemployment rates

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