Getting a Job in Canada


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The idea of working in Canada is an attractive prospect for many with the range of opportunities available. This title guides you through the process of gaining permission to work, finding the job needed and settling into a new way of life.




The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the World’s Leading Career Services Company


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The Proven Program Used by 600,000 Job Hunters! You put hours and hours of hard work into your job search and the companies you've contacted never call. It's a story all too common in the fast-paced, highly competitive world of job hunting. Nothing is more discouraging than sending one resumé after another into the job-hunting void. Eventually, you expect silence from the other end. The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search was written so this never happens to you again. These techniques, developed by author Orville Pierson, have been used successfully for ten years by Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the world's premier career services company. Here, Pierson provides you with the job-search techniques that up to now have been limited to the LHH consultants he trains. Orville Pierson has helped thousands of job hunters during his career, taking note of the characteristics that have led to success as well as failure. In The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, he supplies key information on how professional job search consultants structure the job search project so you can apply the same winning strategies to your own search. You'll also be privy to inside information on how decision makers operate, enabling you to get the inside track on job openings before they are announced. This insider's guide covers every phase of the job search, leading you step by step through the process of creating a clear-cut plan-essential to every job search. Using the Pierson Method, you'll learn how to Develop a Target List (the key ingredient to every job search) Measure your progress Create a “core message” about yourself that decision makers won't forget Present yourself in the best possible light to prospective employers Using these strategies, Orville Pierson and LHH have helped 600,000 people land great new jobs. Employ the Pierson Method in your hunt for employment and you'll soon be doing what you love in the company that's right for you.




Why Good People Can't Get Jobs


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Peter Cappelli confronts the myth of the skills gap and provides an actionable path forward to put people back to work. Even in a time of perilously high unemployment, companies contend that they cannot find the employees they need. Pointing to a skills gap, employers argue applicants are simply not qualified; schools aren't preparing students for jobs; the government isn't letting in enough high-skill immigrants; and even when the match is right, prospective employees won't accept jobs at the wages offered. In this powerful and fast-reading book, Peter Cappelli, Wharton management professor and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, debunks the arguments and exposes the real reasons good people can't get hired. Drawing on jobs data, anecdotes from all sides of the employer-employee divide, and interviews with jobs professionals, he explores the paradoxical forces bearing down on the American workplace and lays out solutions that can help us break through what has become a crippling employer-employee stand-off. Among the questions he confronts: Is there really a skills gap? To what extent is the hiring process being held hostage by automated software that can crunch thousands of applications an hour? What kind of training could best bridge the gap between employer expectations and applicant realities, and who should foot the bill for it? Are schools really at fault? Named one of HR Magazine's Top 20 Most Influential Thinkers of 2011, Cappelli not only changes the way we think about hiring but points the way forward to rev America's job engine again.




88 Tips on Immigration to Canada: Visa, Eta, Work Permit, Study Permit, Immigration, and Citizenship to Canada


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If you intend to visit Canada, study or work in Canada, immigrate to Canada, or become a Canadian citizen, you need to go through an application process. A typical application includes submitting some forms and documents to the immigration authorities. Some applications, however, mandate you to attend a phone or face to face interview with an immigration or border services officer. Most of the immigration applications are time-consuming and nerve-racking. Several laws, policies, and procedures govern immigration applications. Many of them, such as inadmissibility rules, are complex or ambiguous. Even when you submit a simple eTA application, you need to answer questions about these complex aspects of immigration. Al Parsai is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant. He also teaches the immigration diploma courses at Ashton college and the Global School of Corporate Excellence. Al has eight years of work experience as an immigration consultant and more than 22 years of experience as an author and educator. He has dealt with hundreds of visa and immigration applications. His clients have been from more than 35 different countries so far. The combination of hands-on experience and the teaching abilities gives Al the edge to write and publish this book. This book is a unique text that explains many concepts of visa and immigration in simple and understandable terms. By reading this book, you will enter the world of immigration to Canada. The book offers you 88 different tips on immigration to Canada. If you read them carefully, you will learn about your options and obstacles. Since this book is a condensed version of what Al knows about the Canadian immigration system, it could save you hundreds of hours of wandering the internet for answers. The book is easy to read. It is full of valuable tips. Read this book and seize the opportunity of knowing how you could move to the most welcoming country in the world.




The 2009 What Color is Your Parachute?


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A guide to discovering personal goals and interests explains how to apply that information toward obtaining satisfying employment




Work Your Career


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"The supposed extinction of the Indigenous Beothuk people of Newfoundland in the early nineteenth century is a foundational moment in Canadian history. Increasingly under scrutiny, non-Indigenous perceptions of the Beothuk have had especially dire and far-reaching ramifications for contemporary Indigenous people in Newfoundland and Labrador. Tracing Ochre reassesses popular beliefs about the Beothuk. Placing the group in global context, Fiona Polack and a diverse collection of contributors juxtapose the history of the Beothuk with the experiences of other Indigenous peoples outside of Canada, including those living in former British colonies as diverse as Tasmania, South Africa, and the islands of the Caribbean. Featuring contributions of Indigenous and non-Indigenous thinkers from a wide range of scholarly and community backgrounds, Tracing Ochre aims to definitively shift established perceptions of a people who were among the first to confront European colonialism in North America."--




The 20-Minute Networking Meeting - Executive Edition


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Lauded by Fortune 500 and international business leaders around the world, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting is a carefully constructed job-search model designed to break into the "Invisible Job Market," where the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states that over 70% of all jobs are obtained.Using the best elements of networkers from a wide array of businesses and industries, and combined with 40 years of the authors' professional networking experience from a hiring perspective, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting takes the 5 most important parts of networking meeting and culminates in an efficient, concise and highly productive networking model.Chock full of real-world scenarios, short stories, meeting examples, and dozens of tips and observations from hiring authorities and recruiting experts, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting shares the wisdom of senior executives who have been in transition (looking for work), and the perspectives of those who are most asked to network. Constructed to simplify and clarify networking for job-search, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting also contains fully written networking scenarios that show the entire 20MNM model in action, ending with a complete set of "readiness worksheets" that guide the reader through actual networking preparation.Founded on the premises of gratitude, positivity, and reciprocity, The 20-Minute Networking Meeting has found great success in the hands of executives, career coaches, outplacement firms, college graduates, and sales professionals around the globe.




Never Get a "Real" Job


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Young serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber is not the product of a wealthy family or storied entrepreneurial heritage. Nor is he the outcome of a traditional business school education or a corporate executive turned entrepreneur. Rather, he is a hard-working, self-taught 26-year-old hustler, rainmaker, and bootstrapper who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial "real” job. In Never Get a "Real" Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business, and Not Go Broke, Gerber challenges the social conventions behind the "real" job and empowers young people to take control of their lives and dump their nine-to-fives—or their quest to attain them. Drawing upon case studies, experiences, and observations, Scott dissects failures, shares hard-learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building, managing, and marketing a successful business on a shoestring budget. The proven, no-b.s. methodology presented in Never Get a "Real" Job teaches unemployed and underemployed Gen-Yers, aspiring small business owners, students, and recent college graduates how to quit 9-to-5s, become their own bosses, and achieve financial independence.




Careers For Dummies


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Feeling stuck? Find out how to work toward the career of your dreams If you’re slogging through your days in a boring or unrewarding job, it may be time to make a big change. Careers For Dummies is a comprehensive career guide from a top career coach and counselor that will help you jump start your career and your life. Dive in to learn more about career opportunities, with a plethora of job descriptions and the certifications, degrees, and continuing education that can help you build the career you’ve always wanted. Whether you’re entering the workforce for the first time or a career-oriented person who needs or wants a change, this book has valuable information that can help you achieve your career goals. Find out how you can build your personal brand to become more attractive to potential employers, how to create a plan to “get from here to there” on your career path, and access videos and checklists that help to drive home all the key points. If you’re not happy in your day-to-day work now, there’s no better time than the present to work towards change. Get inspired by learning about a wide variety of careers Create a path forward for a new or better career that will be rewarding and fun Determine how to build your personal brand to enhance your career opportunities Get tips from a top career coach to help you plan and implement a strategy for a more rewarding work life Careers For Dummies is the complete resource for those looking to enhance their careers or embark on a more rewarding work experience.




The 2-Hour Job Search


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A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview. The 2-Hour Job Search shows job-seekers how to work smarter (and faster) to secure first interviews. Through a prescriptive approach, Dalton explains how to wade through the Internet’s sea of information and create a job-search system that relies on mainstream technology such as Excel, Google, LinkedIn, and alumni databases to create a list of target employers, contact them, and then secure an interview—with only two hours of effort. Avoiding vague tips like “leverage your contacts,” Dalton tells job-hunters exactly what to do and how to do it. This empowering book focuses on the critical middle phase of the job search and helps readers bring organization to what is all too often an ineffectual and frustrating process.