(Untitled)- April 19, 2005 Canadian Headhunter Joins Recruiting.com!As of Monday April 18, 2005, Michael and Anthony of the the Canadian Headhunter blog will abandon their old address at canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com and post their engaging remarks, links, pictures and paraphrases in partnership with Jason on Recruiting. com.So, if you're interested in how to dress on Casual Friday or the latest news about the CIBC-Genuity recruiting scandal, this is now the place to find it.Why did we jumpWe believe that this...http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/canadian-headhunter-joins-recruiting.html The Job Market is Colour Blind.- April 15, 2005 We received an email recently from someone who wants to move to Canada. I say we because he sent the email to both Michael and I. This person had a concern, he had heard that skilled people who migrate to our country have trouble finding work and often end up driving cabs. Was that the case he wanted to know In particular he seemed worried that a form of institutional racism was keeping skilled immigrants from finding work when they move to Canada. He was basing this on some articles he had.http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/job-market-is-colour-blind.html (Untitled)- April 14, 2005 Do Canadians Lack Discipline Yesterday, a friend of mine who came to Canada when he was in his twenties, told me that Canadian workers are lazy goof-offs. If it's true, not many newcomers would be surprised. For, according to a recent article in The Toronto Star they think there's something wrong with the way Canadians raise their kids.Yang Bin was surprised by what she saw when she walked her two-year-old granddaughter Sophia Jiang into a family drop-in program..."Kids just run around and...http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/do-canadians-lack-discipline-yesterday.html (Untitled)- April 14, 2005 Podcast AlertJason at Recruiting.com has posted his first-ever podcast. It's an interview of Joel Cheesman of the Online Recruitment HR blog. You can listen online or download the mp3 file for later auditation.http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/podcast-alert-jason-at-recruiting.html Its Who You Know- April 12, 2005 Much is written about networking as the primary job search tool. Personally I think it is overrated and prevents people from doing any sort of cold calling on their own. But that's ok. If candidates really learned how to conduct a job search recruiters would be obsolete pretty quickly. A lot of companies do hire via internal referrals however so it is wise to keep track of where your friends are. One example is an outfit called Corporate Executive Board which recruits aggressively for MBA's...http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/its-who-you-know.html (Untitled)- April 12, 2005 Grade A Meat Brad Smart's TOPGRADING system ranks employees asA's, B's and C's.A' and B's are assets.C's will kill your company.The employee pool is a pyramid with A's on top.Here's it's composition: A's - 10%, B's - 25%, C's - 65%.The definition of an A, B or C depends to some extent on the requirements of the job. Theoretically, a C-player in one job could be an A-player in another.All, A-Players, however, (unlike most C's) are quick studies in any role. They also have a lot of integrity...http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/grade-meat-brad-smarts-topgrading.html (Untitled)- April 12, 2005 File Under: Self-ManagementThe Zen of PatienceSpurgeon On PatiencePatience is better than wisdom.An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.It is a medicine which is good for all diseases.It is as natural for us to murmur as for a horse to shake his head when the flies tease him. But nature should not be the rule. Grin and bear it is the old-fashioned advice, but sing and bear it is a great deal better. Pain past is pleasure; experience comes by it. We ought not to be afraid of going down..http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/file-under-self-management-zen-of.html (Untitled)- April 11, 2005 Hilarious Blog TitleThe Learning Xanax Get it Xanax, Annex.http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/hilarious-blog-title-learning-xanax.html Happy where you are, or willfully ignorant- April 11, 2005 Do you work for crooks Is your company about to explode (or imploded) in an EnronWorldcom like scandal "Gee how the heck should I know" You are probably asking. Well Boston Consulting Group has come up with a study that points to some warning signs that could help you decide whether your company is in danger:Corporate scandals often happen at the most successful firms or at least at firms where the appearance of success breeds a megalomaniac CEO, reams of stock options, overoptimistic goals,...http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/happy-where-you-are-or-willfully.html (Untitled)- April 10, 2005 US Bank Reveals Key To Success The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. -- Francis BaconI have a friend who calls me every day to tell me, "Life is rough, Michael, it really is". I usually disagree but after reading this report, well... it's bad enough to be short and unattractive but when they go and dock your pay for it! That's really depressing.But, tall, lean and handsome versus short, stout and unappealing. That's the Rat Race in 2005 according to researchers at the..http://canadianheadhunter.blogspot.com/2005/04/us-bank-reveals-key-to-success-best.html |