Need a job? Here’s who’s hiring right now in Canada
While hiring has been subdued overall since the crisis began, these sectors are rebounding more quickly than others....
Canada adds 34.5K jobs, unemployment rate dips to 5.5%
Canada added 34,500 jobs in January, more than twice the number markets were expecting, and the unemployment rate dipped to a near record low 5.5 per cent, Statistics Canada data indicated on Friday....
Post-secondary schools focus on mental health as students feel the stress
With students experiencing 'overwhelming anxiety' and high rates of depression, many Canadian schools are including mental health education in their orientation courses for new students....
Canadian school counsellors are stretched thin — and it’s our students that suffer
The CCPA says a core task of school counsellors is to support students’ career development. This is in addition to supporting personal, social and educational development, as well as promoting...
How maternity leave can hurt a woman’s career: ‘So much can change’
A recent study out of Wilfrid Laurier found that extended parental leave can hurt women’s careers. In Canada, extended leave allows parents to take off 18 months from work instead of 12...
28 per cent of men believe they could lose their job if they discuss mental health at work: study
Researchers at Ipsos MORI surveyed 1,000 Canadian men between the ages of 18 and 75, and the results are astounding. Twenty-eight per cent of Canadian men said they believed their job...
4 mistakes people make on their resumé and how to avoid them
The first step to getting your dream job is crafting a killer resumé — one that’s clear, concise and demonstrates why you’re the best candidate. But in an increasingly competitive job market,...
‘Failure to launch kids’: Canadian students aren’t prepared for adulthood
Every year, thousands of Canadian high school students are asked to figure out what they want to do after they graduate, and what these 16- to 18-year-olds choose has repercussions...
How Canadians go from student debt to default
On Monday, a report published by Ontario-based debt-advisory firm Hoyes Michalos found that almost 18 per cent of the insolvency filings it handled in 2018 involved student debt — a 38 per...
Germany, the U.K. and others are flirting with recession. Can Canada dodge the economic bullet?
Even with a southern neighbour still chugging along, Canada, with its heavy dependency on commodities exports, is not immune to what happens in the rest of the world. The International...
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