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Looming Shortage of Skilled Workers in Canada’s IT Sector

June 7, 2011 – 9:23 pm | 1,944 views

Recent study by the by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), in partnership with the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), cites the shortages of skilled workers and suggests a new job market for …

Diversity is least important leadership principal – AchieveGlobal reveals

May 25, 2011 – 9:23 pm | 2,237 views

2010 AchieveGlobal study “Developing the 21st-Century Leader” revealed that majority of U.S. leaders ranked ‘diversity’ as the lowest important leadership principal. The study analyzed 42 business practices sorted into six primarily zones of leadership: Business, …

Positive attitude is one of the most important factors for immigrant success in Canada

December 3, 2010 – 9:30 pm | 2,275 views

New study conducted by UBC phsychology professor Noram Amundson in partnership with immigrant-serving agency in Vancouver, SUCCESS, was released this Wednesday. The research looked at critical success factors for immigrant employability. The study found that …

Aboriginal employment fell dramatically

May 13, 2010 – 9:35 pm | 1,721 views

“Aboriginal people aged 15 and over living off reserve experienced sharper declines in employment rates during the recent labour market downturn than non-Aboriginal people.
Between 2008 and 2009, the average employment rate fell faster for off-reserve Aboriginal people than for non-Aboriginal …

White-colar jobs for skilled immigrants in the US

May 10, 2010 – 9:36 pm | 2,543 views


According to a new analysis of census data in the US, more than half of the working immigrants in 14 of 25 largest metropolitan areas, like Boston, New York and San Francisco, are employed in …