Brandon Hay, Training Manager at Building Up, will talk about various barriers to employment and how to break through them. Building Up seeks a Toronto where people with barriers to employment have an opportunity to fight their communities' social and environmental issues with economically viable solutions. This workshop will be held at the Toronto Reference […]
Gail Vax-Oxlade Victoria Ryce Toronto Reference Library is pleased to welcome award-winning authors, Gail Vaz-Oxlade and Victoria Ryce, to the Atrium this Tuesday, January 10 at 6:30 pm. The ladies will be sharing how their latest book, The CEO of Everything, maps out the territory that singles find themselves in and guides […]
Starting a job hunt can be stressful, to say the least! You have to think about formatting your resume, making sure you have the appropriate credentials, having the right clothes for an interview and then trying to figure out where to actually look for this dream job! With the emergence of online job-searching […]
Toronto Public Library subscribes to almost 100 databases (yes…I really did count!), but many people don't in fact know what a database is, let alone how awesome they can be! At the most basic level, a database is pretty much a website filled with tons of relevant information and many are subject-specific. In this post, […]
Sometimes it's hard to get motivated to wake up every day and go to work. It can feel like the same routine, day-in and day-out. And even when one doesn't have a job, it can be even harder to snap out of the comforts of home and go after a new career. So in this […]
A blog about jobs and careers naturally focuses on obtaining a job, advancing in one's job or making your job more satisfying, but what about those people who already have jobs but want to quit? And I'm not talking about when you have one bad day, or if you storm out of the office angry […]
Late night parties. Being the first to find the latest music. Impressing your friends with your skills. These are all things we tend to associate with being a DJ. The glitz and the glam can be enticing. A DJ controls the room with their music. A career as a DJ has increased in popularity with […]
How many times have you asked a colleague out for coffee after work and then realized that you have way more in common than you ever thought you would? Or that your boss is a lot cooler and calmer when on a lunch break than during office hours? This tends to be because many of […]
Dress for the job you want, not the one you have. Show up earlier and leave later than everyone else. Make sure you speak up in meetings. There are countless books, blogs (even this one!) and articles giving out career advice, that sometimes it's difficult to know which to follow. That's why when I saw […]
Who doesn't love dessert? Imagine spending hours working in an environment with chocolates, icing and sugar all day long? My mouth is salivating just thinking about it! Or perhaps you require something gluten-free, fat-free or all-organic and having a hard time finding these products in your neighbourhood or in your price-range and are now starting […]