Denise, a reader of this blog, sent me the link to a Globe and Mail article that I had marked to read but was still procrastinating: Why new Canadians struggle to find jobs. Thank You Denise! It’s an excellent article by Miles Corak, a professor of economics with the Graduate School of Public and International [...]
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working in canada
As every year, companies ask you to write your performance review. At the same time. you were supposed to focus your efforts following some corporate guidelines. While I was reading a document to prepare my self evaluation document, I realized that there were many things that, as an immigrant, I also needed in my life [...]
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how to guides
A few weeks ago I told you about InterNations, an international online community for people who live and work abroad. Last night I had the chance for the first time to participate in one of their events and I can assure you it was great!
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networking
Every new year is some kind of redemption: we have the opportunity of a new start and try to make things better. Be better. Let’s try to make this 2012 a new start for all of us. Let’s learn about our past errors. Let’s try to be better persons. Let’s try to give the best [...]
I am close to my 7th year in Canada. During all these years I was able to witness, read and hear about many different situations related to political correctness and immigrants that I can no longer be surprised but sad about what is going on in this country. It seems that the past twenty years [...]
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Christmas,
multiculturalism
Last week I received a Press Release from FreeHotWaterTank.ca and how they plan to help the community in the next coming weeks. I’d like to share it with you, as I believe in responsible companies that try to reach out to their community and help. In part, it says… Ottawa’s hungry families will be receiving added [...]
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Christmas
Quebec is a special place in the world. They know it here in Canada, is not a secret. Everyone that had the chance once in a lifetime to deal with Quebec and its people will know it. In a new demonstration of their special abilities in Public Relations, the City of Gatineau published a very [...]
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