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NEWS & PRESS: News & Press - Members in the News Computer World Canada - ICTC tool helps immigrants find IT jobs A new tool from ICTC helps foreign workers find employment in Canada. Kovasys reports temporary U.S. visa holders are moving north. Plus, employment tips for immigrants from Robert Half Technology To read the complete story published on the Kovasys website, click here.
McGill to launch graduate diplomas in Internet business. McGill University thinks it has a solution to Canada's crippling shortage of business-minded technology workers. This fall it will roll out a new program to train Internet geeks to think like CEOs, and vice versa. To read the complete story published on the Kovasys website, click here. WHY TOP 40: For growing the family business at a time when its competition was downsizing or disappearing "I'm motivated by this question," Rick Harcourt explains: "If I was hit by a bus tomorrow, would I regret not spending enough time in front of the TV or not doing all the things that I wanted to do?" The constantly on-the-move guy - who admits he doesn't often sleep in - involves himself in a dizzying array of extracurricular activities. They include being president of the Edmonton chapter of ACSESS (Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services), a former president of the Rotary Club of Edmonton Urban Spirits and a two-time competitor in the national Ultimate Frisbee championships. As well, you can add to the list recording an album, writing, playing hockey, cross-country skiing and, most recently, surfing. To read the complete story published on the Avenue Magazine website, click here. IT staffing to rebound over next three months, according to a joint study released by International Business Machines Corp. and Sapphire Canada Nearly 90% of businesses expect to maintain or increase the size of their IT staff in the coming quarter. "This is a good sign for us in Canada," Mr. Power said. "While we have to look to traditional areas of the economy that need support, it's important to understand that these are highly skilled, wellpaid jobs that are good for the economy as we continue to look to IT as a means by which our country can be more competitive." To read the complete story published in the Financial Post on Tues, August 25, 2009, click here. Pure Staffing Solutions ranked in PROFIT 100 Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies List ACSESS is proud to announce Pure Staffing Solutions as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies according to Profit 100. The 21st annual report placed Pure Staffing as 63rd on the list. Entrants were ranked by five-year revenue growth. Published in the June 2009 issue and online at profit100.com, the PROFIT 100 profiles the country’s most successful growth companies and entrepreneurial leaders. To view the complete ranking, click here. La Presse Montreal : À la recherche d'un emploi? Pensez à Twitter... Twitter est résolument le réseau social de l'heure. En plus d'être un lieu de discussion générale où rumeurs, opinions et commentaires se côtoient sans cesse, voilà que le populaire service Internet se transforme en outil de recherche pour se trouver un nouvel emploi. Et Montréal est aux premières loges de ce phénomène. Pour l'article complet, cliquez ici. U.S. companies attracted to salary subsidies in Montreal IT recruitment agency Kovasys Inc. has relocated 10 IT professionals to jobs in Montreal in the past six months, where the director of operations said U.S.-based companies are expanding operations. ACSESS member, Kovasys Inc. mentioned in The Epoch Times Il y a une vie après Bangalore High tech US firms outsource to Montreal Eagle's Janis Grantham named one of Canada's top female entrepreneurs Social Networking for a Job When it comes to online job hunting, it’s not what you know, but who you know. That’s because social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Orkut are all about building, maintaining and strengthening professional connections—links that may mean the difference between accepting the dream job now or in five years. To read the complete story from Project Management Institute, click here. Kovasys warns of IT labour shortages in Quebec Quebec is experiencing an IT boom. Recent tax incentives and subsidies inspired many companies such as Morgan Stanley and Eidos to relocate or expand to Montreal, in order to benefit from these circumstances. However due to the high demand for IT professionals, Kovasys Inc. estimates that there will be a shortage of available IT professionals in Quebec in the upcoming years. To read the complete story from ITnewslink.com, click here. Cadre Staffing Inc. and TAG Recruitment Group Inc. make Canadian Business Online's PROFIT HOT 50 List ACSESS is proud to announce that Cadre Staffing Inc. and TAG Recruitment Group Inc. made PROFIT's 9th annual HOT 50 ranking of Canada's Emerging Growth Companies. According to Canadian Business Online, these 50 companies "have proven that they're not afraid to take risks; nor is there much that can hold them back. They've not only found the right recipes to grow their fledgling firms in the face of uncertainty, they're thriving in it." To view the complete ranking, click here. Job market in Western Canada is stronger than elsewhere in the country, according to recent quarterly employment outlook survey by Manpower Services Canada Ltd. "We should be pretty happy," said Manpower's Alberta region chief executive, Randy Upright, noting that Calgary ranks second to only Regina among Canadian cities in terms of the proportion of employers looking to hire more workers in the fourth quarter of the year. The Calgary survey showed 64 per cent of the city's employers are planning no change, while two per cent are uncertain. To read the complete story that was published in the Calgary Herald on Tuesday, September 09, 2008, click here. Viewing and printing PDF documents requires Adobe Acrobat
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