Why you should KISS your Resume!
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on December 7, 2011
By Farhia Ahmed Lead Consultant, The JobHunters Writing a federal resume requires a little patience, a little technique and…a little kissing! A resume geared towards the private sector might include a small narrative at the top of the resume often called the ‘Profile’ or ‘Summary’. Next it might continue with some functional headings that detail [...]
The Storm will Pass – Federal job cuts
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on September 11, 2011
By Farhia Ahmed Lead Consultant, The JobHunters The most recent federal job cuts announcement comes to us from Windsor, Ontario, where 73 Service Canada workers were let go. Understandably, this is terribly unfortunate news for these men and women and their families, however, it was not unexpected. The vast majority of the employees who lost [...]
The Federal Government Cover Letter
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on June 9, 2011
By: Farhia Ahmed, Principal Consultant, The JobHunters You could write the best resume in the world and be highly qualified for a federal government job, but if your cover letter is poorly written, generic, or misguided, you can pretty much throw your chances for landing the job out the window. The confusion for [...]
How I got in – Marion’s Story
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on May 4, 2011
Federal government employees explain how they got their jobs in the public service. By Annelie Caron, Senior Consultant, The JobHunters Perseverance, patience and creativity were not on the job description, but without these assets, Marion would not be where she is today – working as a senior communications advisor for the Department of National Defence [...]
Program vs. Policy
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on April 2, 2011
By: Farhia Ahmed, Lead Consultant – The JobHunters Many of you have asked me the question: “what is the difference between Policy and Program”? For those of you who have attended the “Government Jobs: How to get Screened In” seminar, you would have heard my take on it, but for everyone else, I thought [...]
Government Exams – Practice Makes Perfect!
Posted by admin in Articles, General Info on March 8, 2011
Like many of life’s milestones, such as getting a driver’s licence to graduating from school, exams are a stepping stone to many worthwhile things in life. If you are looking for an indeterminate position in the federal government, chances are you’ll have to take an exam at some point in the hiring process – usually after [...]
Public sector jobs, pay up
Posted by admin in General Info on March 8, 2011
Courtesy of the Toronto Sun. For the full story, click here. Excerpt The federal government went on a small hiring spree in the fourth quarter, according to new data from Statistics Canada. Public sector employment on a seasonally adjusted basis hit 3.612 million jobs in the quarter, up 3,000 from the third quarter. Employment [...]
Why the public sector is hanging on for all it’s worth
Posted by admin in General Info on March 8, 2011
Courtesy of the Financial Post. For the full story, click here. Excerpt The leaders of Canada’s richest and most powerful labour organizations have such a legal and political grip on the delivery of government services — and on politicians — that they have nothing to fear from the great union wars now underway in [...]
Editorial: Civil servants paid too much
Posted by admin in Employment News on March 8, 2011
Courtesy of the Calgary Herald. For the full story, click here. Excerpt The Frontier Centre, an independent think-tank, analyzed reports over 11 years, for all 20 industries tracked by Statistics Canada. It concluded that federal public servants salaries and perks rose 59 per cent, between 1998 and 2009, provincial government raises rose 55 per [...]
Cut public service two per cent a year, think tank says
Posted by admin in General Info on March 8, 2011
Courtesy of the Ottawa Citizen. For the full story, click here. Excerpt The federal government should cut the public service by two per cent a year over the next four years as one part of a plan to balance the books by 2014, says the C.D. Howe Institute. The conservative think-tank set out a [...]