INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 14, 1989

 

 

Career Fair

 

The Douglas College Career
Fair promises to be an exciting
day, Thursday, March 16th from
10:30 am. to 8:00 pm. on the
concourse.

Thirty exhibitors are coming
to talk with students, alumni,
employees and interested com-
munity residents about career
opportunities in their company,
industry or profession.

These exhibitors are eager to
talk with you about their
employment needs, oppor-
tunities for advancement
training programs and recruit-
ment practices.

This is your chance to learn
how you can be successful in
your chosen career path.

See you at the Career Fair!

Here’s a complete list of the

exhibitors:

- Royal Bank

- McDonald’s

- Certified General Accountants

- RCMP

- Fraser Burrard Hospital
Society

- Southlands Corporation

- Canadian Tire

- Society of Management
Accountants

- Surrey Memorial Hospital

- Mohawk Oil

- Federal Business
Development Bank

- Copytron

- Chevron

Pitney Bows
Institute of Chartered
Accountants

ICBC

Corrections

Future Shop
Children’s Hospital
Andre Molnar
Scott Paper
Riverview Hospital
Kelly Services
Mutual Life

 

- United Food Workers Union

- New Westminster Chamber
of Commerce

- Vancouver Richmond
Association for the Mentally
Handicapped

- Ministry of Social Services
and Housing

- Centre for Enterprise
Development

Sponsored by the Douglas
College Alumni Association

 

 

Tapping The Hidden
Job Market

Help Wanted: Lessons on how to find that elusive job.

In "Tapping the Hidden Job Market," a one-day workshop offered
by Douglas College, career consultant Marlene Haley teaches effec-
tive alternatives to traditional job-search strategies.

"Over 80 percent of available jobs are not listed in the
newspapers," she said, "And the average job hunter uses only 1.6 per-
cent of available avenues. There are at least 13 other ways to find
work,"

Haley also helps participants polish their resumes and sharpen their
interview skills.

Haley said the techniques she teaches not only helps people find
work, but the process of "effective" looking becomes a boost to their
self-confidence and motivation level.

One job-search strategy she emphasises is "networking": a "chain-
letter approach" where one contact person leads to another contact,
often through word of mouth.

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