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Volunteers Wanted

Volunteers are needed for a photo shoot @ the YWCA Saskatoon.

Thursday, August 28, 2013

10:30 am to 12 noon

Images will be used for upcoming YWCA marketing material.

If you are interested in being a 'model' for the Employment and Learning Centre, please contact Murray at (306) 244-7034 (ext. 133).

Thanks

Our Offices will be closed Monday September 2, 2013 to Celebrate Labour Day

Labour Day in Canada is celebrated on the first Monday of September. It originally gave workers the chance to campaign for better working conditions or pay. The day is now part of a long weekend for many Canadians

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Traditionally, Labour Day was an occasion to campaign for and celebrate workers' rights during parades and picnics organized by trade unions. These still play a role in Labour Day for some Canadians, but many people see the first Monday in September as an opportunity to take a late summer trip, perhaps to their country cottage, or enjoy the company of family or friends at picnics, fairs, festivals and fireworks displays. For teenagers and other students, the Labour Day weekend is the last chance to celebrate with a party or to go on a trip before school re-opens for the new academic year.

Canadian football fans may spend a large proportion of the weekend watching the Labour Day Classic matches live or on television. The Labour Day Classic consists of three games between high ranking teams in the Canadian Football League. One match is played on the Sunday before Labour Day and two on Labour Day.

The origins of Labour Day can be traced back to April 15, 1872, when the Toronto Trades Assembly organized Canada's first significant demonstration for worker's rights. The aim of the demonstration was to release the 24 leaders of the Toronto Typographical Union who were imprisoned for striking to campaign for a nine-hour working day. At this time, trade unions were still illegal and striking was seen as a criminal conspiracy to disrupt trade. In spite of this, the Toronto Trades Assembly was already a significant organization and encouraged workers to form trade unions, mediated in disputes between employers and employees and signaled the mistreatment of workers.

There was enormous public support for the parade and the authorities could no longer deny the important role that the trade unions had to play in the emerging Canadian society. A few months later, a similar parade was organized in Ottawa and passed the house of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John Macdonald. Later in the day, he appeared before the gathering and promised to repeal all Canadian laws against trade unions. This happened in the same year and eventually led to the founding of the Canadian Labour Congress in 1883.

Labour Day was originally celebrated in the spring but it was moved to the fall after 1894. A similar holiday, Labor Day is held on the same day in the United States of America. Canadian trade unions are proud that this holiday was inspired by their efforts to improve workers' rights. Many countries have a holiday to celebrate workers' rights on or around May 1.

Source: http://www.timeanddate.com

Reasons for Rejecting Job Applicants (Part Three)

1. Limp or lifeless handshake.
2. Shows high degree of indecision.
3. Sloppy or incomplete application form.
4. Merely "shopping around" for a job.
5. Wants job for only a short time.
6. Too cynical.
7. Intolerant, strong prejudices.
8. Narrow interests.
9. Failure to ask questions about the job.
10. High-pressure type.

Next week ten more....

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Fraud Alert for Hitachi

I recently visited the Hitachi Canada website and found this FRAUD ALERT.

However, I think the information is transferable to all job seekers, job websites adn employers

Important Notice!

Due to a rise of fraudulent job offers posted on job websites, please use caution when applying to Hitachi Group company job postings outside of the application process. The postings may appear
legitimate with unauthorized use of Hitachi trademarks and copyright material. Some common sign
that a job posting is a scam include:


- Request to cash fraudulent checks and monetary transfers
- Correspondence from e-mail accounts such as Google, Yahoo!, AOL, Hotmail
- Misspellings and grammatical errors
- "Get rich quick" language
- Failure to list specific location for the job
- Request for Social Security Number or financial information 

Reasons for Rejecting Job Applicants (Part Two)

1. Fails to Look interviewer in the eye.
2. No job experience.
3. lacks knowledge of opportunities in the field in which trained.
4. No interest or knowledge of company or industry.
5. Unwillingness to relocate.
6. Poor handling of personal finances.
7. Inability to take criticism.
8. lack of appreciation of the value of experience.
9. Late for interview without a good reason.
10. Failure to express thanks for interviewer's time.

Ten more next week.......

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Reasons for Rejecting Job Applicants (Part One)

About fifty people apply for every job.  Five people are interviewed.  One person is hired.  So forty-nine of fifty job applicants are rejected.

Employers have any number of reasons for rejecting job applicants.  Based on reports form Personnel and Human Resources Offices of 153 companies, in no particular order, here are ten:

1. Poor personal appearance.
2. Overaggressive, conceited, "know it all'.
3. Poor voice, diction,grammar,inability to express oneself.
4. No purpose and goals for vocation - lack of life planning.
5. Lack of interest and enthusiasm - passive, indifferent.
6. Lack of confidence and poise - nervous, ill at ease.
7. Too much emphasis on money - interested only in best salary offered.
8. Poor or borderline academic achievements.
9. Unwilling to start at the bottom - expects too much too soon.
10. Makes excuses, reluctant to talk about unfavourable things in his/her work and academic record.

Next week, ten more......

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Meet & Greet - Value Village - August 14, 2013

Meet & Greet - First Student - August 14, 2013

Customer Service Top Ten

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August Long Weekend

The YWCA Saskatoon Employment and Learning Centre Will be closed Monday August 5, 2013 to celebrate the August Long Weekend.

We will reopen Tuesday August 6, 2013 at 8:30 am.