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- The most important job in the world
- Staying in your job forever
- The pipes, the pipes are calling
- Dealing with getting fired
- Honing in on career and labour info
- Tweetchat: All about LMI
- Cake this job!
- Good jobs that don’t require a diploma: Transit driver
- Statistics Canada Daily Labour Report
- Employment Insurance, March 2013
- Construction Union Wage Rate Index, April 2013
- Job vacancies, three-month average ending in February 2013
- Health region level unemployment rates, population estimates, and dependency ratios, 2012
- Hours worked and labour productivity in the provinces and territories, 2012
Category Archives: Employment Services
Free online learning via GCF LearnFree.org
The Goodwill Community Foundation based in the U.S. offers free online learning tutorials that will help you improve your reading, math and computer skills through their “LearnFree” website. GCFLearnFree.org contains hundreds of interactive tutorials to help you learn how to … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Services, Literacy & Basic Skills, online learning, Training
Tagged literacy, numeracy, online computer training, online learning, online tutorials
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March 12th – Hospitality Sector Career Information Session
The Labour Education Centre’ Employment Service programme will be conducting an information session on careers in Toronto’s hotel and hospitality industry on Tuesday, March 12th at 10 AM here at our office at 15 Gervais Drive. At this session, you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Services, events, information sessions
Tagged career information, employment, employment services, hospitality, hotel industry, job search
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City of Toronto Career and Information Fair – October 25th
The City of Toronto will be holding a “Career and Information Fair” on Thursday, October 25th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St. (just north of Bloor). At this job fair, you’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Community Events, Employment Services, Hiring Events
Tagged career fairs, employment, job fairs, Toronto jobs
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November 1st – LEC Celebrates 25 Years!
It’s been twenty-five years since the Labour Education Centre opened it’s doors in the abandoned Eastern Canadian sales office of Massey Ferguson on King Street West. That old building was torn down years ago but LEC remains alive and well! … Continue reading
Posted in Community Events, Employment Services, events, Labour Education, Literacy & Basic Skills
Tagged anniversary, community events, employment services, labour, Labour Education Centre, LEC, literacy
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More Job Fairs!
Loblaws Stores will be holding a career fair at their Forest Hill location, 396 St. Clair Avenue West (upstairs in the cooking school) on Monday, September 10th from 11 AM to 4 PM. You can follow this event on Twitter … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Services, Hiring Events
Tagged employment, job fairs, Toronto jobs
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Upcoming Job & Career Fairs!
If you’re looking for work, there are quite a number of Job and Career Fairs taking place this coming fall. Mark your calendar! August 27th – (3 – 5 PM) Bell Canada Stores Job Fair Bell Store, Westgate Mall, 3021 … Continue reading
August 2nd – Hiring Event for Security Guards
The Labour Education Centre in cooperation with Skills for Change will be conducting another hiring event for Security Guards from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM on August 2nd. If you do not currently hold an Ontario security guard license it … Continue reading
Posted in Employment Services, Hiring Events
Tagged employment, hiring events, job fair, security guard
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Inbound Call Centre Hiring Event – July 4th at 10:00 AM
The Labour Education Centre will be conducting a Hiring Event for full-time inbound call centre employees on Wednesday, July 4th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The employer we are working with currently has openings for 30 experienced telephone customer … Continue reading
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Tagged call centre, employment, hiring events, job fairs
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Toronto employment “Q & A” on Twitter
Poss.ca has launched a regular live “Q & A” (Questions & Answers) session about the employment situation in the Toronto area on Twitter. Sessions take place in English every Tuesday morning from 11:00 AM till noon. French language sessions are … Continue reading
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Tagged employment, jobs, labour market, Toronto jobs
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June 14th – Hiring Event for Security Guards
The Labour Education Centre will be conducting a hiring event on Thursday, June 14th for licensed Security Guards from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm If you plan to attend, please bring your resume and be prepared for a formal interview. … Continue reading