Francesse Tamas
Unité de l'Intégration au Marché du Travail Bilingue
en Colombie-Britannique
mercredi 8 février 2012
Calendrier des activités du mois de février 2012
Francesse Tamas
Unité de l'Intégration au Marché du Travail Bilingue
en Colombie-Britannique
vendredi 2 septembre 2011
Calendrier des activités du mois de septembre 2011
Francesse Tamas
Unité de l'Intégration au Marché du Travail Bilingue
en Colombie-Britannique
mardi 2 août 2011
Calendrier des activités du mois d'août 2011
Francesse Tamas
Unité de l'Intégration au Marché du Travail Bilingue
en Colombie-Britannique
mardi 21 juin 2011
Easy ways to make yourself look really unprofessional
Easy ways to make yourself look really unprofessional
By Jenna Charlton
We’ve all heard the old adage “Looking for work is work”. When applying for jobs it’s important to remain a consummate professional. There is a certain job search etiquette and appropriate behaviour that needs adhering to. How you present yourself could either impress or put off future employers.
For example, always turn off your cell phone during a job interview. Not just for the sake of being polite, but also if you are someone who enjoys eclectic ringtones, an interview is not the time to show them off.
Having “Bow-chicka-bow-bow” ring out from your phone while trying to impress a future employer is not only embarrassing, but may give the interviewer a sordid impression of how you spend your time out of the office.
You never want to open the door to the question: What does your ringtone say about you?
From answering your phone, to the message you leave, it is important to be aware of how you are representing yourself.
You only need to make this mistake once to learn your lesson. It happened to me when I was applying for a summer student placement position. I was lying in bed one morning when the phone rang. I picked up the receiver and the conversation went something like this:
“Hello” I said.
“Hello, is this Jenna?”
“Yes, oh my god, hi how are you?” I enthusiastically responded.
“Um, I’m good, thank you”
“Oh my god, where are you, what time is it where you are?”
“Um, it’s 9:30″
“What, what do you mean?”
“Um, that it’s 9:30…”
“Wait, you’re here!?! No, where are you?”
“I’m in Toronto”
“What? I can’t believe you’re here. What are you doing here? When can we meet up?”
“Jenna, I’m phoning about the application you submitted for the summer student position. I’m wondering if you’d like to come in for an interview.”
There was a long pause.
“Hello? Jenna?”
Embarrassing, yes, but at least it was only a friend for whom I had mistaken the caller. In hindsight it could have been worse.
That was all it took to realize that when searching for work it is important to always be ready to receive a call.
Here are a few more job search etiquette tips:
Have a professional sounding voice mail message. No jokes or celebrity impersonations, please. (I once heard a very poor Yoda impression telling me that, “Patient, you must be. A message you must leave.”)
Don’t apply for jobs with an email address that reflects your hobby, your entire family or your sexual prowess. (golfmaniac@email.com, TheHendersons@email.com, or Ladiesman69@email.com) Create one that’s just your name, or as close as possible. JohnSmith500@email.com is fine.
It’s fine to have a sense of humour, but you have to be aware that not everyone is going to share it. If you misjudge your audience before you get to know them (or they get to know you), you stand a high chance of looking unprofessional or immature.
Find a job where you can be yourself. On the job hunt, however, it’s better to be the polite, respectful version of yourself that you send to dinner with your significant other’s parents.
By Jenna Charlton
We’ve all heard the old adage “Looking for work is work”. When applying for jobs it’s important to remain a consummate professional. There is a certain job search etiquette and appropriate behaviour that needs adhering to. How you present yourself could either impress or put off future employers.
For example, always turn off your cell phone during a job interview. Not just for the sake of being polite, but also if you are someone who enjoys eclectic ringtones, an interview is not the time to show them off.
Having “Bow-chicka-bow-bow” ring out from your phone while trying to impress a future employer is not only embarrassing, but may give the interviewer a sordid impression of how you spend your time out of the office.
You never want to open the door to the question: What does your ringtone say about you?
From answering your phone, to the message you leave, it is important to be aware of how you are representing yourself.
You only need to make this mistake once to learn your lesson. It happened to me when I was applying for a summer student placement position. I was lying in bed one morning when the phone rang. I picked up the receiver and the conversation went something like this:
“Hello” I said.
“Hello, is this Jenna?”
“Yes, oh my god, hi how are you?” I enthusiastically responded.
“Um, I’m good, thank you”
“Oh my god, where are you, what time is it where you are?”
“Um, it’s 9:30″
“What, what do you mean?”
“Um, that it’s 9:30…”
“Wait, you’re here!?! No, where are you?”
“I’m in Toronto”
“What? I can’t believe you’re here. What are you doing here? When can we meet up?”
“Jenna, I’m phoning about the application you submitted for the summer student position. I’m wondering if you’d like to come in for an interview.”
There was a long pause.
“Hello? Jenna?”
Embarrassing, yes, but at least it was only a friend for whom I had mistaken the caller. In hindsight it could have been worse.
That was all it took to realize that when searching for work it is important to always be ready to receive a call.
Here are a few more job search etiquette tips:
Have a professional sounding voice mail message. No jokes or celebrity impersonations, please. (I once heard a very poor Yoda impression telling me that, “Patient, you must be. A message you must leave.”)
Don’t apply for jobs with an email address that reflects your hobby, your entire family or your sexual prowess. (golfmaniac@email.com, TheHendersons@email.com, or Ladiesman69@email.com) Create one that’s just your name, or as close as possible. JohnSmith500@email.com is fine.
It’s fine to have a sense of humour, but you have to be aware that not everyone is going to share it. If you misjudge your audience before you get to know them (or they get to know you), you stand a high chance of looking unprofessional or immature.
Find a job where you can be yourself. On the job hunt, however, it’s better to be the polite, respectful version of yourself that you send to dinner with your significant other’s parents.
The only five interview questions you need to prepare for
The only five interview questions you need to prepare for
By Colleen Clarke
Interviewers are very busy people. When you walk into an interview, consider that they want to hire you. They want you to be the right fit so they can get on with their next hire or task at hand.
Start the interview with the idea that you have 100 points, you basically have the job. With each question you answer incompletely or fail to impress the listener(s) with, you lose points. Prepare strong answers to these 5 questions, run them by a hiring manager or HR professional then practice, practice, practice. People remember stories they don’t remember words so for each skill you have identified that you bring to the job create relatable and meaningful stories to validate your professional wonderment.
1. What have you done that has caused you to stand out amongst your peers? Explain how you have gone the extra mile by taking courses or volunteering outside of work in a certain skill set area. Even if you are a student interviewing for your first job you can talk about your school involvement in clubs, teams, camp leadership or creative hobbies.
2. What have you done that has caused your company department to either generate income or reduce its costs? Using a Situation, Action Result model, tell a story. Include sourcing a cheaper supplier, recycling a product usually thrown away, or taken a course so a consultant doesn’t have to be hired to do the work. If this ‘result’ hasn’t been a part of your reality then relate how you personally respect and treat company equipment and supplies that may positively affect the environment or recycling programs.
3. What have you implemented to help your company save time? Using SAR’s again, tell of the resource database you put together or a telecommunications implementation. Maybe you designed a form that saved a few steps in a process and was easier to fill out. Be careful about multi tasking stories unless they are moderate and manageable and haven’t led to a weakness like stress or taking on too much or not being able to say no.
4. How did you contribute to the interpersonal element in your company?
Tell about how you organized the company golf day, or have stayed late to help others. Talk about how you make a point of ‘walking around’ to engage your colleagues and comment on something they have accomplished lately or a new clothing item. Make yourself more visible by sitting on a committee and taking the initiative to mentor or orient new employees to your department.
5. What are your weaknesses? Make sure however you answer this question that the weakness does not pertain to any skill required to do the work involved in the position. You might mention how you aren’t as accomplished at something that you would like to be so you are taking a course or practicing daily on your own. It is also perfectly acceptable to say that as far as the skills required to do this job, you don’t have any weaknesses though you are unfamiliar with the way this company executes such and such, but you can learn than in no time and be up and functioning fully within two days, or whatever time line you determine. There are many different answers for this question, whatever you say, be sure to turn it into a positive.
Keep in mind that you are selling yourself first and foremost. Interviewers want to know what results you bring not the features. Be sure to tie what skills you have to what benefits you will deliver, it’s called benefit selling and all successful salespeople use this technique to close a deal. Good luck.
Colleen Clarke
Career Specialist and Corporate Trainer
www.colleenclarke.com
Author of Networking: How to Build Relationships That Count and How to Get a Job and Keep It
By Colleen Clarke
Interviewers are very busy people. When you walk into an interview, consider that they want to hire you. They want you to be the right fit so they can get on with their next hire or task at hand.
Start the interview with the idea that you have 100 points, you basically have the job. With each question you answer incompletely or fail to impress the listener(s) with, you lose points. Prepare strong answers to these 5 questions, run them by a hiring manager or HR professional then practice, practice, practice. People remember stories they don’t remember words so for each skill you have identified that you bring to the job create relatable and meaningful stories to validate your professional wonderment.
1. What have you done that has caused you to stand out amongst your peers? Explain how you have gone the extra mile by taking courses or volunteering outside of work in a certain skill set area. Even if you are a student interviewing for your first job you can talk about your school involvement in clubs, teams, camp leadership or creative hobbies.
2. What have you done that has caused your company department to either generate income or reduce its costs? Using a Situation, Action Result model, tell a story. Include sourcing a cheaper supplier, recycling a product usually thrown away, or taken a course so a consultant doesn’t have to be hired to do the work. If this ‘result’ hasn’t been a part of your reality then relate how you personally respect and treat company equipment and supplies that may positively affect the environment or recycling programs.
3. What have you implemented to help your company save time? Using SAR’s again, tell of the resource database you put together or a telecommunications implementation. Maybe you designed a form that saved a few steps in a process and was easier to fill out. Be careful about multi tasking stories unless they are moderate and manageable and haven’t led to a weakness like stress or taking on too much or not being able to say no.
4. How did you contribute to the interpersonal element in your company?
Tell about how you organized the company golf day, or have stayed late to help others. Talk about how you make a point of ‘walking around’ to engage your colleagues and comment on something they have accomplished lately or a new clothing item. Make yourself more visible by sitting on a committee and taking the initiative to mentor or orient new employees to your department.
5. What are your weaknesses? Make sure however you answer this question that the weakness does not pertain to any skill required to do the work involved in the position. You might mention how you aren’t as accomplished at something that you would like to be so you are taking a course or practicing daily on your own. It is also perfectly acceptable to say that as far as the skills required to do this job, you don’t have any weaknesses though you are unfamiliar with the way this company executes such and such, but you can learn than in no time and be up and functioning fully within two days, or whatever time line you determine. There are many different answers for this question, whatever you say, be sure to turn it into a positive.
Keep in mind that you are selling yourself first and foremost. Interviewers want to know what results you bring not the features. Be sure to tie what skills you have to what benefits you will deliver, it’s called benefit selling and all successful salespeople use this technique to close a deal. Good luck.
Colleen Clarke
Career Specialist and Corporate Trainer
www.colleenclarke.com
Author of Networking: How to Build Relationships That Count and How to Get a Job and Keep It
mardi 14 juin 2011
Calendrier des activités du mois de juin 2011
Francesse Tamas
Unité de l'Intégration au Marché du Travail Bilingue
en Colombie-Britannique
mardi 17 mai 2011
APPEL AUX BÉNÉVOLES
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Afin d’assurer le succès de ses différents évènements, le Centre Culturel est à la recherche de supers bénévoles pour la tenue de sa programmation du 16 au 24 juin prochains :
- Jeudi 16 et Vendredi 17 juin (soirs) : Soirées musicales
- Samedi 18 juin (matin, journée et soir) : Fête des enfants et Soirée Gala
- Mardi 21 juin (soir) : Fête de la Musique
- Jeudi 23 juin (après-midi) : Concert en extérieur
- Vendredi 24 juin (matin, journée et soir) : Piknic Électronik
C’est une occasion unique de venir partager votre motivation, vos habilités et votre expérience et …bien évidemment… de vibrer au rythme de nos célébrations estivales!
Les équipes bénévoles qui viendront en soutien au Festival seront les suivantes :
- Bar (19 ans et plus) Sondage
- Billetterie Montage
- Équipe « Fête de la Musique » Démontage
- Vente de tickets boissons Équipe volante
- Accueil/Information du public Espace bénévoles
Pour soumettre votre candidature, il vous suffit de nous faire parvenir le formulaire d’inscription à l’adresse suivante benevole@lecentreculturel.com avant le 27 mai prochain. Pour plus de détails visitez le www.lecentreculturel.com.
Votre temps et votre sourire sont les bienvenus!!!
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