CONVERSATION SKILLS 101

	APRIL 2013 EDITION
	Article: Conversation Skills 101 Article Written By: Liz Wilson -Ciconte, MEd Do you find yourself tongue tied while people around you are happily engaged in interesting conversations? Light chatter, deep chats and effective networking are rooted in good conversation skills. Do your conversation skills need a tune up? Would you rather text or email than make a phone call or speak face to face? Do you avoid social interaction? Fearful of mix & mingles / office wine & cheese parties? Talking – how did it get so complicated? What was once natural may now seem challenging for many adults. As fluency with tech devices increases, our interpersonal relationships may wane unless we engage regularly with others. Sometimes we get so busy with our fingers and devices that we forget how to use our voices. READ MORE TORONTOJOBS.CA • My Account • Employment Agencies • Newsletter Archives • Search Jobs • Career Resource Centre • Job Seeker FAQ • Salary Wizard CONNECT WITH US

Article: I'm Done School... Now What? Article Written By: Jowita Bydlowska The end of the year in the life of a student happens twice — once at the end of the year, as it is for everybody else, and the second time half-way through, usually around June. It is the June end-of-the-year that really matters. This is when many students don a funny hat and pose for pictures, smiling with hope (and naivety?), clutching a brand-new diploma that often prepares for ... well, not a job, sadly. Not that the diploma and the degree are useless but the time when graduating equaled a job are long, long gone. READ MORE.

employment industry updates Canada's Top 50 Jobs The latest Canadian labour-force report landed with a thud on the first Friday of April. Fifty-five thousand Canadians found themselves out of work in March, pushing the national unemployment rate up 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%. That’s more than one million able-bodied Canadians looking for work. Numbers like these are enough to make anyone simply thankful for having a job, any job, let alone one that pays a decent wage.READ MORE Canadian Jobs Move to New Industries The recession has shifted the areas of employment growth in Canada according to a new StatsCan study on the country’s job market. The analysis found that the recovery following the 2008 recession did not affect all industries similarly, with most job growth being concentrated in a relatively small percentage of the economy. In the 9 month recession that started in October 2008, over 431,000 jobs were lost in Canada. Over the subsequent 18 months, those jobs were recovered, but not in an even matter across all affected industries.READ MORE

Article: How to Job Hunt When You've Been Away from the Workforce Article Written By: Lindsey Pollak You’ve probably heard the saying that it’s easier to get a job when you have a job. Well, what if you don’t currently have a job? What if you haven’t had a job for a long period of time? Don’t despair. It may take some extra effort to land a job after a long period of unemployment, but it is absolutely possible. Here are five Es to guide you: READ MORE

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