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	JUNE 2013 EDITION
	Article: A Career Idea is Hatched Article Written By: Katherine O'Brien Victoria Alleyne has up-close experience with generation jobless — the catchy term coined by the CBC to describe the increasing number of graduates who work in low-paid, part-time jobs that don’t require a degree. There are also many grads who take unpaid work placements because they can’t get the real thing. “It’s really common, people going from internship to internship to internship,” said Alleyne in an interview. “A lot of these internships are just as hard if not harder to get as a regular job these days.” READ MORE TORONTOJOBS.CA • My Account • Employment Agencies • Newsletter Archives • Search Jobs • Career Resource Centre • Job Seeker FAQ • Salary Wizard CONNECT WITH US

 

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Article: Four De-Stressing Tips for your Job Search   Article Written By: Teena Rose Job seekers are spending long, grueling hours, hitting the job front from multiple angles, but the stress is becoming unbearable. So, I decided to build a list of de-stressing tips for your job search, which hopefully provide you with some relief. 1. Take Stock In What You Have When did our personal worth become indicative upon a j-o-b? No doubt, the loss of income will force us to make some difficult decisions, but never will our income, possessions, or number of/type of credit cards we hold even come close to representing our self-worth. READ MORE.

 

employment industry updates   Employment experts predict wave of lawsuits from unpaid interns When two former interns at the New Yorker and W Magazine sued parent company Conde Nast Publications on Thursday, legal experts said it could be the first in a wave of lawsuits challenging companies who pay little or nothing for student labor. The lawsuit comes just two days after a judge found that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated labor laws when it used unpaid interns for production tasks on "Black Swan," the 2010 film starring Natalie Portman. .READ MORE Canada Job Grant deeply flawed, report says Ottawa's proposed Canada Job Grant is deeply flawed and should be abandoned, says a joint report to be released today by two policy think-tanks. Despite the upbeat TV ads Ottawa is running in support of its new $15,000-a-person training program, it's far from clear the program will deliver the promised results or even get off the ground, says the report co-authored by the University of Toronto's Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation and the Caledon Institute for Social Policy.READ MORE

 

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Article: Things You Should Leave Off Your Resume   Article Written By: Leslie Anglesey 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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