Archive for the Jobs/Career Category
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The Douglas College Self employment program
This video clip is a submission by Alvin Barrera of www.mixmediaworld.com, a graduate at the Douglas College Self Employment Program Intake no. 143. Alvin Barrerra is a Filipino-Canadian immigrant who has recently became an entrepreneur with th
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The Feng Shui Practitioner - a new job/career
While some jobs/careers have gone where the dodo birds went, new jobs and careers are being born. One of them is the Feng Shui expert. In North America's major cities, particularly in the west coast such as Greater Vancouver, San Francisco and Ca
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Job Discrimination against Foreign Sounding Names
Job discrimination against foreign sounding names is confirmed based on a UBC Research Study of 6000 mock resumes sent out to 2000 online job postings in 20 categories in the Toronto area. A complete foreign name as as "Deng Xiao Ping" has a 40% l
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Is your Foreign Accent Holding You Back?
In the movie "My Fair Lady" based on the play "Pygmalion", a phonetic expert named Professor Henry Higgins made a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he can make a street flower girl named Eliza Doolittle pass off as a refined high-society lad
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L2 Accent Reduction Centre - An interview
Many immigrants face barriers to good job opportunities because of their strong accents. A foreign accent means that you are either new to the country, or not born in this country, which translate to: “No Canadian job experience”.
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Recession Brings About Rise of New Entrepreneurs
The current recession is sparking a new wave of small business startups in Canada as more and more Canadians who were laid-off from work are taking pro-active steps in reorganizing their affairs. This new breed of entrepreneurs resulting from poo
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