June 2009

More Job Fairs for Toronto Job Searchers, June 2009

June 15, 2009 | Frances | Comments (0)

I just found some new job fairs for you. These are in addition to those I listed last week. One is for youth, one for Chinese professionals and one for job hunters in general! YWCA Job Fair Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009Time:  12 noon – 5 pmLocation: YWCA Scarborough Village Employment Resource Centre, 3730 Kingston […]

What We Read Last Week – June 15th

June 15, 2009 | Alan H. | Comments (64)

I read a lot last week (a one-hour commute on the TTC will do that), but these two especially stand out as of interest to teen readers:

Brand YOU! Some Books about Marketing and Networking

June 15, 2009 | Frances | Comments (0)

Marketing yourself – your brand. Networking to reach those unadvertised jobs. What your body language says about you. Roll your mouse over a cover for the full name. Click on a jacket cover to place a hold or see which branch has a copy of the book.                               […]

Book Preview – Week 3 (July 20)

June 15, 2009 | Word Out Team | Comments (34)

While the complete booklist is already available, these previews give further insight into the selected titles, with summaries and collections of related links…

IMPAC winner announced

June 13, 2009 | Book Buzz | Comments (2)

This week American writer Michael Thomas won’the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the world’s richest literary prize of €100,000, for his book Man Gone Down. Michael Thomas was born and raised in Boston. He lives in New York with his wife and three children. His debut novel won over competition from 145 titles, nominated by […]

Employment Resource Centres

June 12, 2009 | Elle | Comments (9)

Employment Resource Centres can help you learn about careers and how to find a job. They can: Help you find out which jobs are in demand Give you job searching tools and information Build your job search skills Suggest other services that may help you. These centres have telephones, computers, fax machines, printers, photocopiers which […]

Book Preview – Week 2 (July 13)

June 12, 2009 | Word Out Team | Comments (70)

While the complete booklist is already available, we're providing more details during June as we lead up to our official start on July 6…

Twitter for Job Searching

June 11, 2009 | Frances | Comments (0)

Twitter has become very hot and people are finding interesting ways to use it, including job searching. Users write brief messages (tweets) that are displayed on the user's Twitter page and sent to others who have signed up to receive them. It's free! You can send tweets by e-mail, cellphone, Blackberry, iPhone or through the website […]

Toronto Public Library Celebrates First Nations Culture

June 11, 2009 | Media Relations | Comments (0)

Attention: Arts & Culture Editors, What’s On Listings Editors Toronto Public Library Celebrates First Nations CultureFeaturing Daniel Heath Justice and Cherie Dimaline TORONTO (Thursday, June 11, 2009) – Toronto Public Library celebrates National Aboriginal Day with special programming at various branches throughout the system. Writers Daniel Heath Justice and Cherie Dimaline discuss their work as native […]

Job Fairs in Toronto, June 2009

June 10, 2009 | Frances | Comments (1)

IT Career Fair Date:  Thursday, June 11, 2009Time:  9:30 am – 12:30 pmPlace: Acces Employment Services, 489 College Street, Suite 100 (near Bathurst)Includes help desk jobs, networking, programming, analysts and more. To register, call 416-921-1800 Virtual Career FairTomorrow Thursday June 11 is the last day. For more information, see our previous post.  Toronto Police Service […]