Tired of working for someone else? Why not start up and run your own business as an entrepreneur? According to the newest issue of Canadian Business magazine (Aug 2016), the following cities have been picked as being the country's best places to do business: The cities were scored based on the best balance of moderate […]
Photo Credit: Shutterstock Do you dream of quitting your job and hopping on a plane to see the world? There are various careers available that allow you to spend your days traveling as part of your job requirements. Below I explore some of the options and required skill sets that can help turn your dream […]
Toronto Star Archives. 1987. " Work as usual: Art Hopkins; who turns 90 today; will be at his usual job of repairing bicycle tires at Hopkins Cycle and Sport; a shop run by his son; Ken. The senior Hopkins; who joined his son's business in 1959; says his second career has kept him alive and […]
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 […]
Photo Credit: Anonymous Collective via Flickr (Creative Commons) Email is one of the most important ways in which people communicate in today’s workplace. Studies show that the average employee spends about 25% (as quoted on Inc.com) of each workday simply sorting through, responding to, and creating their email messages. As it’s an instant way of […]
Photo: Creative Commons It's Earth Month 2016 and the time has come to take seriously our impact on the planet. Toronto Public Library is happy to present the best of our collections on environmental education, geared to children, teens and adults. Watch for environmental displays in branches across the city and pick up some […]
Photo by Jason Howie via Flickr "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it." — Warren Buffett Has this ever happened to you? You applied for your dream job, spent days crafting the perfect resume, coached your references to provide the ideal recommendation and felt 100% certain your qualifications […]
(CCO Public Domain – from pixabay) Job searching has never been more accessible than within the last few years. In the past, you were restricted to looking for jobs or working on your resume on your home computer. It is now possible and more convenient to job search while on the move with the […]
Are you new to Canada? If so, welcome! Perhaps you could use some help searching for a job? Toronto Public Library once again partners with other service organizations to provide job search help, this time with a workshop focussing on new job search strategies. It’s presented as part of our series of programs with Library Settlement Partnerships, a partnership with Citizen […]
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, […]