How Data Literacy is Shaping Sudan
Data literacy and driving value from it remains central to improving public access to better services and resources in conflict zones like Sudan, writes Nawal Omar.
Category: Labour Market
Lahore to Toronto: A “Leave and Learn” Story
Anam Raheel writes about her experiences with finding a dream job as she lands in a new city to embrace a new learning curve in her journeys from Lahore to Toronto.
Mock Interview
What questions can you expect to get at a typical interview in a research tech firm (giant) these days? Babatunde Afolayan shares his work experiences and insights through this mock interview.
Urbanization Gone Wrong!
Urbanization has often been at the root of many ills including most recently COVID-19. What kind of migration movements have happened in the wake of urbanization in Nigeria? Busola Akin-Olawore paints a picture of the choices facing Nigerian immigrants when they move to Canada.
An Analytical Approach to Job Surfing in Canada
How did one newcomer land over thirty job interviews within just two months of landing in Canada? And what lessons does he have for others in the same boat?
Creative Entrepreneurship, Theatre and Relationship Marketing
Entrepreneurship for Élodie Paquette is all about balancing her business of mushroom coffee, theatre and relationship (marketing).
Hold the Phone! Are Malaysian Canadians Dialling Home?
The telecoms boom and subsequent bust in Canada impacted many Malaysian Canadians, and made others more self-aware of their role in both labour markets, influencing their cultural identities and social outlook. Sara Nabila Harris recounts her story of what it is to be Malaysian Canadian in these times.
Job Fairs of the Future
Jobs might be scarce, job matches might not feel right, and even after attending numerous job fairs you might feel disappointed, whether as a job seeker or employer. Here is career catalyst Luki Danukarjanto’s blueprint for what job fairs in the future will bring.
“Fit” is the New Ability: And Other Labour Market Pangs
By Arundati Dandapani I am only over a decade older than Google, blessed with fine education, experience, skills, upbringing, intellect and humble qualities. Every passing year of wealth not gained…
Staying Competent in the New Economy
Economist and author Linda Nazareth, Senior Fellow for Economics and Population Change at the MacDonald Laurier Institute and Mike Colledge, Mike Colledge, President, Ipsos Public Affairs, share some helpful insights…
The Changing Nature of Work in Canada
By Frank Graves, FMRIA The idea that jobs would be displaced by information technology was at the core of Rifkin’s End of Work. [1]One needs only to scan a fraction of recent…