“Going green” has become such a buzz phrase du jour. But sometimes you can’t help but wonder if people are just talking about the environment or if they’re actually working to improve it.

For years many …

Finally a piece of good news. Canadian employers created a blockbuster 107,000 new jobs in September, mainly part-time. The job creation numbers blew away market forecasts, although the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.1 per cent.

Economists …

If you’re like most job seekers, the hiring process can sometimes make you scratch your head in confusion. For example, how many times have you come across the “perfect” position, quickly submitted your résumé and …

The difference between being proactive and reactive is time. Reactive people wait for things to happen to them, while proactive people go out and make things happen. Timing is key in any career move, so …

Today’s Internet-driven world has changed the way we look for and apply to jobs. Gone are the days of handwritten cover letters, typewriter-printed résumés and hand-delivered job applications. Given the increasing number of online job …

Canadians are twice as likely to think that employment with private companies is more honourable than working for the government, a new Angus Reid Strategies poll reveals. In the online survey of a representative national sample, …

By now, most of us have heard a handful of horror stories about how a person’s online profile wrecked his or her job search or career. Yet, every day people swarm social networking Web sites …

The average weekly earnings of employees stood at $791.48 in May, up 0.3% from April. Compared with a year earlier, average weekly earnings rose 3.1% whereas consumer prices increased 2.2%.

In May, earnings among Canada’s largest industrial sectors increased by 6.2% in …