Getting to Work
CONTENT:
The reality is quite simple: Nothing can take the place of a good job!
Without jobs, there are no labour rights. People need jobs that provide a
decent standard of living. Business, government and labour must work
together in an effort to not only facilitate in the creation of decent
work, but also to have those jobs filled by qualified candidates.
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Apprentice Development
CONTENT:
Apprenticeships are offered to training candidates so that they can secure
skilled trades employment. Government funding facilitates access to these
education opportunities offered through the public school system. Organized
labour offers the suitable candidate a program of study through training
centres sponsored by their training committees. Some businesses also provide
training programs for the general public.
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Career Resources 8 Sub-Categories
CONTENT:
"I can't get a job because I don't have experience, and I can't get experience
because I don't have a job." For many in search of a new career, this
double-bind can appear to be unresolvable. A clear understanding of career
development can help guide the potential employee to the resources needed
to overcome the 'no job/no experience' hurdle.
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Business Entrepreneurship
CONTENT:
Self-employment provides individuals with many challenges and rewards. Building
a business by oneself or with partners is one of the oldest, and most often used
routes to long-term, stable and secure employment.
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Career Development
CONTENT:
People need help to get from here to there. To get on the path to a successful
career one needs to take the first step. Developing employability involves many
factors including self-assessment, empowerment, interaction, and exploration.
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Career Development Joint Labour Management
CONTENT:
Labour and Management understand the need for a skilled, competent workforce.
Some union / company negotiations have produced education and upgrading programs
that enable the workers to pursue their career goals while still being employed.
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Career Education
CONTENT:
Finding the education format that's right for you is important in enhancing
your comprehension of the teaching materials. Whether it's online, in-class,
full-time, or part-time learning you might also need scholarships or other
financial assistance to help pay for the courses you decide to take.
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Labour Market Information
CONTENT:
Governments provide a wealth of information about career trends. The expected
demand for specific occupations as well as the future for new up-and-coming
jobs is also studied and charted. The analysis of the workforce provides
business and labour with clearer indications of what the future will hold
on the job front.
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One-Stop Shop Career Resources
CONTENT:
Many businesses that provide job-seeker services have developed a complete
range of offerings to cover almost every aspect of career guidance.
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Relocation
CONTENT:
Moving away to find work is sometimes the only employment option remaining.
Services that can smooth out the transition are available for those needing
to relocate.
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Youth Career
CONTENT:
Services for youth are specifically tailored to optimize the attainment of
their career goals. Internship programs are attractive to young people that
need to develop job skills and work ethic.
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Human Resources 11 Sub-Categories
CONTENT:
Human Resource Professionals represent the employer's interests when dealing
with workers. These personnel people must deal with issues affecting all types
of workers: executive, managerial, support, staff, hourly, salaried, contract,
part-time, full-time, casual, supplemental, professional, skilled, semi-skilled,
and unskilled.
Various other names are used for this practice: Labour Relations, Industrial
Relations, Personnel, Human Planning, Employee Relations. Workers can gain
important insights into how the workplace operates by familiarizing themselves
with the functions, practices and procedures of the HR department.
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Human Resources Associations
CONTENT:
Associations can help develop the HR profession as well as offer services to individuals,
companies and institutions in need of expertise.
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Human Resources Consultants
CONTENT:
Small, medium and large firms can bring on board HR consultants to supplement their
existing operations. Consultants engage top management, line management, HR staff or
the general workforce in a variety of development programs.
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Human Resources Education
CONTENT:
Occupational training and university level programs are offered to broaden the scope
of those in the HR specialty.
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Human Resources Government
CONTENT:
Government agencies are provide facilitation services for private sector
employee / employer relationships as well as enforcement and compliance
services to oversee management in government workplaces.
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Human Resources Information
CONTENT:
HR specialists and HR generalists both require many different info
resources to keep abreast of the multitude of programs they administer.
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Human Resources Organizations
CONTENT:
Some HR services are provided by organizations that stand apart from the
private and public sectors in an effort to address broader social issues.
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Human Resources Products
CONTENT:
Several tangible items can be purchased that can be used to further deal with
delivering HR programs and services.
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Human Resources Research
CONTENT:
A few research centres specialize in providing analysis and reports about
HR concerns.
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Human Resources Software
CONTENT:
Specialized software dealing with payroll, hiring practices, time and project
management. Some of these activities are available as modules of large software
suites.
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Human Resources Services
CONTENT:
HR professionals draw on a vast array of service providers that are engaged to
perform a particular function from time-to-time. Ranging from advertising,
technical documentation services, screening services, employment verification
and reference checking, there is an HR service available for hire.
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Human Resources Training
CONTENT:
HR department depend on the expertise of professional trainers to design and
deliver the required workforce development programs.
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Job Banks 6 Sub-Categories
CONTENT:
Job-seekers want to secure employment in a timely manner. Job Banks provide
online access to job searching methods and techniques that can't be done any
other way. From posting resumes to scanning job listings, workers can interface
with job placement and recruitment services anytime.
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Disability Based Jobs
CONTENT:
Persons born with disabilities, and those who develop disabilities through
their life need to have access to employment opportunities. Social agencies and
private sector recruiters have come online to offer this specific kind of job.
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Industry Sector Jobs
CONTENT:
Government financed jobs are called public sector occupations. Enterprise
financed jobs are called private sector occupations. These two broad divisions
are further subdivided into many smaller parts also called sectors. There is an
overlap between sectors and between the subdivisions. For example, food
service jobs are available in both the public and private sectors. Additionally,
food service jobs are available in factories, institutions, transportation depots
provided by a food service contractor.
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Location Based Jobs
CONTENT:
Job placement providers can offer jobs to those wanting to work in a particular
geographic vicinity. The scope of their focus can be narrower than an entire
country, specializing on the state, provincial, prefecture level, and still
further down to county, city and town level.
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One-Stop Shop Job Resources
CONTENT:
Job placement providers can offer jobs to those wanting to work in a particular
country, and more broadly, a large continental region. These job banks also provide
a large selection of other services involving career choices as well.
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Recent Graduate Jobs
CONTENT:
Youths who are completing their schooling, and older workers who
have left the workforce to increase their educational credentials both
have particular employment needs. Whether its finding an entry-level
position, an internship, or between-study employment, there are job banks
that cater to these requirements.
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Vocation Based Jobs
CONTENT:
Trades persons, professionals and guild and craft based workers that have
portable skills are free to move about in the economy. These workers are
employable within different branches of the same corporation, and within
the same branch of different corporations. Further, depending upon the
qualification reciprocity arrangement between different levels of government,
these workers can be employed in different parts of the world throughout their
worklife.
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Labour Organization Staff Positions
CONTENT:
The negotiators, organizers, trainers and representatives employed by organized
labour can be just as upwardly mobile as any other group of workers. Specific
opportunities for these specialized types of not-for-profit personnel can be
accessed online.
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Social Entrepreneurship
CONTENT:
Not-for-profit organizations have a much broader bottom line than the
traditional money-making enterprise. In an effort to ensure lasting value,
many aspects of running a business have been incorporated into managing these
social enterprises. The rise of social entrepreneurialism has increased the
need for professional management in the non-profit sector.
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